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Allium altaicum
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Scientific classification
Genus:
Allium
Species:
altaicum
Synonyms
  • Allium ceratophyllum Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Allium microbulbum Prokh.
  • Allium sapidissimum R.Hedw.
  • Allium saxatile Pall. 1766 superfluous name, also homonym not M.Bieb. 1798

Allium altaicum is a species of onion native to Asiatic Russia (Altay, Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Irkutsk, Tuva, Amur Oblast), Mongolia, Kazakhstan and northern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang).

Description

Allium altaicum produces narrowly egg-shaped bulbs up to 4 cm (1+1⁄2 inches) in diameter. Scape is round in cross-section, up to 100 cm (39 inches) tall. Leaves are round, up to 50 cm (20 inches) long. Flowers are pale yellow, up to 20 mm (13⁄16 inch) across. Ovary is egg-shaped; stamens longer than the tepals.

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