Allium tubiflorum

Species of plant

合被韭 he bei 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. Caloscordum
Species:
A. tubiflorum
Binomial name
Allium tubiflorum
Rendle
Synonyms[1]
  • Caloscordum tubiforum (Rendle) Traub
  • Nothoscordum tubiflorum (Rendle) Stearn

Allium tubiflorum is a plant species native to China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan) at elevations less than 2000 m.[2]

Allium tubiflorum is one of the few species of Allium lacking the characteristic onion/garlic scent. It produces bulbs that are solitary, round to egg-shaped, up to 20 cm across. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, up to 3 mm across, about the same length as the scapes. Umbels have a few red or purple flowers.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 201
  3. ^ Rendle, Alfred Barton. 1906. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44(2): 44–45, pl. 476, c. 8–11.
  4. ^ Stearn, William Thomas. 1931. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1931: 107.
  • line drawing of Allium tubiflorum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 232, 1-4
Taxon identifiers
Allium tubiflorum