Allium yanchiense
Species of flowering plant
白花薤 bai hua xie | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. yanchiense |
Binomial name | |
Allium yanchiense Xu, Jie Mei |
Allium yanchiense is a plant species endemic to China, reported from Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Shanxi. It grows at elevations of 1300–2000 m.[1]
Allium yanchiense has clusters of egg-shaped bulbs each up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about 2 mm across, shorter than the scape. Umbel is spherical, crowded with many white or pinkish flowers.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 196, Allium yanchiense
- ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 286, pl. 85.
External links
- line drawing of Allium yanchiense , Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 220, 1-4