Allium amphibolum explained

Allium amphibolum is a species of onion native to Altai, Tuva, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and the Province of Xinjiang in western China.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Allium amphibolum produces a clump of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 30 cm tall. Leaves narrow, up to 15 cm long but rarely more than 5 mm across. Tepals are rose or lilac, with darker red midveins. Ovary is round with a very long style.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001006 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 181 直立韭 zhi li jiu Allium amphibolum
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/acceptedRef.do?name_id=294997 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
4. Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.
5. Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth, U.K.
6. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 5.