Allium mairei
Species of plant
Allium mairei | |
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Allium mairei in the UMCS Botanical Garden in Lublin | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Cyathophora |
Species: | A. mairei |
Binomial name | |
Allium mairei | |
Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Allium mairei is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar, and Arunachal Pradesh.[4][3]
Allium mairei produces clusters of thin bulbs. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall, sometimes 2 from the same plant. Leaves are usually a bit shorter than the scape. Flowers are pale red or reddish-purple.[4][5][6] It grows in meadows, forests, and rock crevices.[4]
References
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org.
- ^ a b c Fora of China v 24 p 176 针叶韭 zhen ye jiu Allium mairei
- ^ Léveillé, Augustin Abel Hector. 1909. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7(152–156): 339.
- ^ line drawing of Allium maireiFlora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 179, 5-7