Allium hollandicum

Persian onion
Purple Sensation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. hollandicum
Binomial name
Allium hollandicum
R.M. Fritsch

Allium hollandicum, common names Persian onion[1][2] or Purple Sensation][3] is a plant species native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan[4] but widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its large umbels of attractive purple flowers.[5][6][7] It is reportedly naturalized in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.[8][9][10]

Allium hollandicum is a bulb-forming perennial with scapes up to 90 cm tall. It has long, flat, strap-shaped leaves up to 60 cm long. Umbels are large and spherical, up to 25 cm in diameter, with many purple to reddish-purple flowers.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Great Plant Picks, Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’
  2. ↑ Battery Conservancy Plant Database, Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' Purple globe onion
  3. ↑ Dave's Garden, PlantFiles: Flowering Onion Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Pacific Bulb Society, Allium Species Two
  6. ↑ Battery Plant Conservancy, New York, Battery Database, Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' Purple globe onion
  7. ↑ Le Jardin de Sophie, Bruxelles, Allium hollandicum ( = A. aflatunense) ail décoratif (alliacée)
  8. ↑ Anita F. Cholewa. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Minnesota
  9. ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Project), floristic synthesis, Allium hollandicum
  10. ↑ Fritsch, R.M., Blattner, F.R. & Gurushidze, M. (2010). New classification of Allium L. subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy (Alliaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae 49: 145-320.
  11. ↑ Fritsch, Reinhard M. 1993. Candollea 48(2): 422.
  12. ↑ Royal Horticultural Society, London, Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'
  13. ↑ Fritsch, R.M., Blattner, F.R. & Gurushidze, M. (2010). New classification of Allium L. subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy (Alliaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae 49: 145-320.