Allium rosenbachianum

Allium rosenbachianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. rosenbachianum
Binomial name
Allium rosenbachianum
Regel

Allium rosenbachianum is a plant species found high in the Himalayas of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and cultivated in many other regions as an ornamental. It is a perennial herb with bulbs up to 30 mm across. Scape is up to 100 cm tall, with a spherical umbel of many reddish-purple flowers with long pedicels.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. Flora of Pakistan
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg viii. 664.
  4. Sarah Raven, the Beautiful and Productive Garden, Perch Hill, East Sussex United Kingdom
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