Allium eduardii is a plant species native to Russia, Mongolia, and northern China (Hebei, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), Ningxia and Xinjiang).[1][4][5]

贺兰韭 he lan jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Rhizirideum
Species:
A. eduardii
Binomial name
Allium eduardii
Stearn ex Airy Shaw
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Allium fischeri Regel 1875, illegitimate homonym not Besser 1830
  • Allium eduardi alternate spelling

Allium eduardii has narrowly egg-shaped bulbs up to 10 mm across. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are narrow and tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric with purple flowers.[1][6][7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Flora of China v24 p 182. 贺兰韭 he lan jiu Allium eduardii
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.
  5. ^ Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  6. ^ line drawing of Allium eduardii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 5-8
  7. ^ Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1946. Herbertia 11: 102.
  8. ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 161. in Latin
  9. ^ Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.