Allium listera
| 对叶山葱 dui ye shan cong | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Allieae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. listera |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium listera Stearn | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium victorialis var. listera (Stearn) J.M. Xu | |
Allium listera is a species of wild onion endemic to China. It is known from the provinces Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Shaanxi, and Shanxi. It grows in forests and pastures at elevations of 600–2000 m.[2]
Allium listera has rather unusual leaves for the genus, the blade elliptic to ovate, up to 12 cm long and 10 cm across. Scape is 80 cm long, round in cross-section. Umbel is spherical with many flowers crowded together. Flowers are white, very pale green or very pale red.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 172. Allium listera
- ↑ Stearn, William Thomas. 1934. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology : 5: 326.
- ↑ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 204.
- ↑ line drawing of Allium listera, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 157, 1-4
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