Allium setifolium

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Лук щетинолистный
丝叶韭 si ye jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. setifolium
Binomial name
Allium setifolium

Allium setifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. It occurs in desert regions at elevations of 400–1000 m.[1][2][3][4]

Allium setifolium is well-adapted to life in a hot, arid environment. It has a cluster of narrow, egg-shaped bulbs each up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is very short for the genus, rarely more than 10 cm tall. Leaves are reduced to hair-like bristles only 200-300 μm in diameter. Umbel has only a few red flowers.[1][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 191, 丝叶韭 si ye jiu Allium setifolium
  2. ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  3. ^ Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer & Carl Anton von Meyer. 1841. Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl. Schrenk lectarum 1: 6-7 in Latin
  6. ^ line drawing of Allium setifolium, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 209, 4-6