Allium mongolicum

Allium mongolicum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tuva, Kazakhstan, and parts of China (Gansu, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang).[2][1][3][4]

Mongolian onion
蒙古韭 meng gu jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. mongolicum
Binomial name
Allium mongolicum
Turcz. ex Regel
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium krylovii Sobolevsk.
  • Allium mongolicum var. kabaense Chang Y. Yang & J.H.Huang

Allium mongolicum produces clumps of thin bulbs. Scapes are up to 30 cm tall, sometimes more than one on the same plant. Leaves are hollow, tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbels are densely crowded with many red or purple-red flowers.[2][5][6]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 24 p 183 Allium mongolicum
  3. Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K..
  4. Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  5. Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 160.
  6. line drawing of Allium mongolicum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 190, 1-3
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