Allium spirale
扭叶韭 niu ye jiu German Garlic Curly Chives, spiral onion corkscrew onion | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. spirale |
Binomial name | |
Allium spirale Willd. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium spirale is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China.[2][3] It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic.[4] Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.[5]
Allium spirale forms a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, shorter than the scape but only about 5 mm across, generally twisted in a helical fashion. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many flowers. Tepals pink with a dark red midvein.[2][6][7]
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of China v 24 p 187
- ↑ CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
- ↑ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale
- ↑ Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale
- ↑ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.
- ↑ Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.