Allium humile explained

Allium humile is an Asian species of wild onion found at high elevations (4000–4500 m) in India (Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh), Nepal, northern Pakistan, Tibet, and Yunnan.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Allium humile has narrow, cylindrical bulbs. Scape is up to 15 cm tall, slightly compressed. Leaves are flat, fleshy, linear, about 5 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, crowded with many flowers. Tepals are white with yellowish-green midveins.^{[2] [6]}

The species formerly included a variety Allium humile var. trifurcatum F.T.Wang & Tang which is since 1991 called Allium trifurcatum (F.T.Wang & Tang) J.M.Xu.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan, University of Karachi, Karachi.
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001025 Flora of China v 24 p 180 雪韭 xue jiu Allium humile
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=240001025 Flora of Pakistan
4. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Small%20Alpine%20Onion.html Flowers of India, Small Alpine Onion, Allium humile
5. New ethnomedicinal claims from Gujjar and Bakerwals tribes of Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, India . 10.1016/j.jep.2015.01.056 . 25680841 . 2015 . Shah . A. . Bharati . K. A. . Ahmad . J. . Sharma . M. P. . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 166 . 119–128 .
6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42518389#page/453/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 443
7. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295734 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families