Allium clathratum explained

Allium clathratum is a species of onions native to temperate Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Siberia (Tuva, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, and Altay Krai)). It grows on dry slopes and cliff faces at elevations of 400–2000 m.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Allium clathratum produces narrow bulbs rarely more than 10m mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, with many pink flowers.[1] [5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001017 Flora of China v 24 p 181.
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295318 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.
  4. Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  5. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 18.