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Allium xichuanense

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西川韭 xi chuan jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Polyprason
Species:
A. xichuanense
Binomial name
Allium xichuanense
Xu, Jie Mei

Allium xichuanense is a plant species native to the Sichuan and Yunnan regions in southern China. It grows at elevations of 3100–4400 m.[1]

Allium xichuanense has a single egg-shaped bulb up to 12 mm in diameter. Scape it up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, up to 4 mm in diameter, about the same length as the scape. Umbel spherical, densely crowded with many yellow flowers.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 192
  2. ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 285, pl. 50, f. 1–5.
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