Allium rubens
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| Reddish onion | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. rubens |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium rubens | |
Allium rubens, the reddish onion, is a species of onions native to Siberia, European Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Xinjiang. It grows in sunlit locations on steppes and scrublands.[2][3][4]
Allium rubens produces clusters of small, narrow bulbs up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, about the same length as the scape, 10–20 mm in diameter. Umbels have only a few reddish-purple flowers.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Tropicos, search for Allium rubens
- ^ Flora of China v 24 p 186
- ^ Agroatlas Агроэкологический атлас России и сопредельных государств: сельскохозяйственные растения, их вредители, болезни и сорняки
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 1: 360.
- ^ Malyshev LI., Peshkova GA., ed. 1987. Flora of Siberia. V.4. Araceae - Orchidaceae. Novosibirsk: Nauka.
- ^ Vvedensky AI. 1935. Onion . Allium L. In: Komarov VL., ed. Flora URSS. V.4. Moscow; Leningrad: AN SSSR.