Allium ovalifolium

Allium ovalifolium is a Chinese species of onion widely cultivated as an ornamental in other regions. It grows at elevations of 1500–4000 m.[2] The Tibetan people of Shangri-La and nearby areas eat its scapes.[3]

卵叶山葱
luan ye shan cong
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. ovalifolium
Binomial name
Allium ovalifolium
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium prattii var. latifoliatum F.T.Wang & Tang
  • Allium cordifolium J.M.Xu

Allium ovalifolium produces narrow cylindrical bulbs. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, lanceolate to ovate, up to 15 cm long by 7 cm wide. Umbel is spherical, densely crowded with many white or pale red flowers.[2][4]

Varieties[1][2]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 24 p 173 卵叶山葱 luan ye shan cong Allium ovalifolium
  3. Ju, Yan; Zhuo, Jingxian; Liu, Bo; Long, Chunlin (19 April 2013). "Eating from the wild: Diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (28). doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-28. PMC 3648497. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich Raphael Eduard von. 1924. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Anzeiger. 60: 101
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