乡城韭 xiang cheng jiu
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. xiangchengense
Binomial name
Allium xiangchengense
Xu, Jie Mei

Allium xiangchengense is a plant species endemic to the Sichuan region in southern China. It grows there at an elevation of approximately 3300 m.[1]

Allium xiangchengense has thick, fleshy roots and clumps of narrow bulbs each less than 5 mm across. Scape is up to 30 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, lanceolate, narrowing toward the tip, up to 2 cm across at the widest point, shorter than the scape. Umbel is spherical. Tepals are white, sometimes 2-lobed.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 174, Allium xiangchengense
  2. ^ Xu, Jie Mei. 1993. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 374–376, pl. 1.
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