Allium umbilicatum

Allium umbilicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. umbilicatum
Binomial name
Allium umbilicatum
Boiss.
Synonyms[1][2]

Allium umbilicatum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long. Leaves are tubular. Umbels are hemispherical, densely crowded with many pink flowers.[1][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of Pakistan
  2. The Plant List
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 113.
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