Allium tenuicaule is an Asian species of wild onion found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It has a cluster of narrow bulbs, and a scape up to 20 cm tall. Leaves are very narrow and hair-like. Flowers are dark purple.[1][2][3]
Allium tenuicaule | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. tenuicaule
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Binomial name | |
Allium tenuicaule |
References
edit- ^ Flora of Pakistan
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg 10:348 t. 4.