Allium anisopodium

矮韭 ai jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. anisopodium
Binomial name
Allium anisopodium
Ledeb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium anisopodium subsp. argunense Peschkova
  • Allium tchefouense Debeaux
  • Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium (Ledeb.) Regel
  • Allium tenuissimum subsp. anisopodium (Ledeb.) Printz

Allium anisopodium is a plant species native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China.[2]

Allium anisopodium is a perennial herb with a scape (round in cross-section) up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are about the same length as the scape. Flowers are purple.[2][3][4]

Two varieties are generally recognized:[1][2]

Allium anisopodium var. anisopodium --- Leaves, scape and pedicels smooth

Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum (Gilg) F.T. Wang & T. Tan[5] (syn: Allium zimmermannianum Gilg[6]) --- Leaves, scape and pedicels with a rough surface

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Plant List
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Flora of China v 24 p 185
  3. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1852. Flora Rossica 4: 183.
  4. line drawing of Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 195, 7
  5. Wang, Fa Tsuan & T. Tan. 1934. Contributions from the Institute of Botany, National Academy of Peiping 2(8): 260.
  6. Gilg, Ernest Friedrich. 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34 (1, Beibl. 75): 23