Allium caesium

Allium caesium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. caesium
Binomial name
Allium caesium
Schrenk
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium aemulans Pavlov
  • Allium azureum Bunge
  • Allium caeruleum Stschegl.
  • Allium renardii Regel
  • Allium urceolatum Regel

Allium caesium is a plant species native to central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It grows in deserts and dry fields at elevations of 700–2000 m.[2]

Allium caesium produces round bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scapes are up to 65 cm tall. Leaves are round in cross-section, slightly shorter than the scapes. Flowers are sky-blue.[2][3][4]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 199
  3. Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1844. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 113.
  4. Regel, Eduard August von. 1873. Gartenflora 22:236.
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