Allium anisopodium

Allium anisopodium, also called thread-leaf chive,[2] is a plant species native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China.[3]

矮韭 ai jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. anisopodium
Binomial name
Allium anisopodium
Ledeb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium anisopodium subsp. argunense Peschkova
  • Allium tchefouense Debeaux
  • Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium (Ledeb.) Regel
  • Allium tenuissimum subsp. anisopodium (Ledeb.) Printz

Allium anisopodium is a perennial herb with a scape (round in cross-section) up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are about the same length as the scape. Flowers are purple.[3][4][5]

Varieties

Two varieties are generally recognized:[1][3]

Allium anisopodium var. anisopodium --- Leaves, scape and pedicels smooth

Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum (Gilg) F.T. Wang & T. Tan[6] (syn: Allium zimmermannianum Gilg[7]) --- Leaves, scape and pedicels with a rough surface

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: National Arboretum. p. 347. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. Flora of China v 24 p 185
  4. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1852. Flora Rossica 4: 183.
  5. line drawing of Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 195, 7
  6. Wang, Fa Tsuan & T. Tan. 1934. Contributions from the Institute of Botany, National Academy of Peiping 2(8): 260.
  7. Gilg, Ernest Friedrich. 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34 (1, Beibl. 75): 23
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