Allium consanguineum explained

Allium consanguineum is a species of onion found high in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan and northern India.[1] It is a perennial herb up to 35 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb. Leaves are flat, narrow. Umbels are hemispherical, densely crowded with many yellow or pink flowers.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064537 Flora of Pakistan
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=94ED4F88A29EE6F5507446017EEDCF22?name_id=295342 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Karl Sigismund Kunth. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Stutgardiae et Tubingae 4: 431.
  4. Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.