Allium funckiifolium explained

Allium funckiifolium is a plant species from Hubei and Sichuan Provinces in China. It grows in moist locales at elevations of 2200–2300 m.[1]

Allium funckiifolium is unusual in the genus in producing one large, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaf up to 25 cm long and 16 cm across. Scape is up to 70 cm tall. Umbel is spherical with many white flowers.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001022 Flora of China v 24 p 173, Allium funckiifolium
  2. Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich Raphael Eduard von. 1920. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathmematische-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Wien 57: 175.
  3. http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=56458 line drawing of Allium funckiifolium, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 160, 1-5