Allium nanodes

短葶山葱 duan ting shan cong
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. nanodes
Binomial name
Allium nanodes
Airy Shaw

Allium nanodes is a plant species native to the Sichuan and Yunnan regions of southern China. It grows in open areas at elevations of 3300–5200 m.[1]

Allium nanodes is unusual in the genus in several respects. Leaves are opposite, green tinged with purple, broadly oblong, up to 9 cm long and up to 3 cm wide. Scape is extremely short, rarely more than 5 cm tall. Flowers are white, sometimes with a slight reddish tinge. [1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 173
  2. Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1931. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 16(78): 141.
  3. line drawing of Allium nanodes, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 161, 1-3
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