Allium anisopodium explained

Allium anisopodium, also called thread-leaf chive,^[1] is a species of plant native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China.^[2]

Allium anisopodium is a perennial herb with a scape (round in cross-section) up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are about the same length as the scape. Flowers are purple.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Varieties

Two varieties are generally recognized:^[2]

Allium anisopodium var. anisopodium --- Leaves, scape and pedicels smooth

Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum (Gilg) F.T. Wang & T. Tan^[5] (syn: Allium zimmermannianum Gilg^[6]) --- Leaves, scape and pedicels with a rough surface

Notes and References

1. Book: Korea National Arboretum . English Names for Korean Native Plants . National Arboretum . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 347 . 27 November 2016 . Korea Forest Service . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf . 25 May 2017 .
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027447 Flora of China v 24 p 185
3. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1852. Flora Rossica 4: 183.
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/57560 line drawing of Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 195, 7
5. Wang, Fa Tsuan & T. Tan. 1934. Contributions from the Institute of Botany, National Academy of Peiping 2(8): 260.
6. Gilg, Ernest Friedrich. 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34 (1, Beibl. 75): 23