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