Allium roborowskianum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang and Mongolia. It grows at elevations of 1000–1300 m.[1]
| 新疆蒜 xin jiang suan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
| Species: | A. roborowskianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium roborowskianum | |
Allium roborowskianum produces one round bulb up to 25 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat. linear, shorter than the scape, up to 15 mm across. Umbels are hemispherical, crowded with many white or lilac flowers.[1][2][3]
Some authors consider Allium sinkiangense F.T.Wang & Y.C.Tang to be synonymous with A. roborowskianum,[1] but the World Checklist accepts them as distinct species.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Flora of China v 24 p 201.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 359–360, pl. 8, f. 4.
- ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, Yan Cheng. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 269, 286 (Addenda), pl. 97. (as Allium sinkiangense)
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families