Allium petraeum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.[1] It occurs on cliff faces and other sun-lit rocky places.[2][3]

石坡韭 shi po jiu
Лук щебнистый
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. petraeum
Binomial name
Allium petraeum
Kar. & Kir. 1842 not Genty 1889 (syn of A. lusitanicum)
Synonyms[1]

Allium globosum subsp. petraeum (Kar. & Kir.) K.Richt.

Allium petraeum has a cluster of narrow bulbs, each up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, just a bit shorter than the scape, about 1 mm in diameter. Umbel is spherical with a dense cluster of yellow flowers. Tepals are pale yellow to bright lemon yellow, each with a green midvein.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. ^ a b "Flora of China v 24 p 190 石坡韭 shi po jiu Allium petraeum". efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  3. ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  4. ^ "Karelin, Grigorij Silyč, & Kirilov, Ivan Petrovich. 1842. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 15: 512". biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2016-02-07.