Allium mairei

针叶韭
zhen ye jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. mairei
Binomial name
Allium mairei
H. Lév.
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Allium amabile Stapf
  • Allium giraudiasii H.Lév.
  • Allium pyrrhorrhizum Airy Shaw
  • Allium pyrrhorrhizum var. leucorrhizum F.T. Wang & T. Tang
  • Allium yunnanense Diels

Allium mairei is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar, and Arunachal Pradesh.[4][3]

Allium mairei produces clusters of thin bulbs. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall, sometimes 2 from the same plant. Leaves are usually a bit shorter than the scape. Flowers are pale red or reddish-purple.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fora of China v 24 p 176 针叶韭 zhen ye jiu Allium mairei
  5. ↑ Léveillé, Augustin Abel Hector. 1909. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7(152–156): 339.
  6. ↑ line drawing of Allium maireiFlora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 179, 5-7