Allium caeruleum
| blue-of-the-heavens Лук голубой 棱叶薤 leng ye xie | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. caeruleum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium caeruleum Pall. | |
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Allium caeruleum (blue globe onion, blue ornamental onion, blue-of-the-heavens, blue-flowered garlic; syn. Allium azureum Ledeb.) is an ornamental bulbous plant of the onion genus, native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Siberia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang).[2][3][4]
This plant is cited in the Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe puis L'illustration horticole by Charles Antoine Lemaire. It grows to 80 cm (31"), producing strap-shaped leaves and small globes (umbels) of blue flowers in early Summer. The plant has been granted the British Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (1993).[5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ NC State University: Allium caeruleum
- ↑ Flora of China v 24 p 199
- ↑ Peter Simon von Pallas. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 2: 727, pl. R.
- ↑ "Allium caeruleum AGM". RHS Plant Finder. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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Allium caeruleum var. bulbilliferum Egyptian Top Onion at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
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Flower head closeup
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