Allium hymenorhizum explained

Allium hymenorhizum is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the amaryllis family. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 m^{[1] [2]}

Allium hymenorhizum has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 90 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, less than 6 mm wide but almost as long as the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many red flowers.^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

Varieties

Varieties include:^[6]

• Allium hymenorhizum var. dentatum J.M.Xu - Xinjiang
• Allium hymenorhizum var. hymenorhizum - European Russia, Altay Krai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Xinjiang, Mongolia

Formerly included^[6] Allium hymenorhizum var. tianschanicum (Rupr.) Regel, now called Allium tianschanicum Rupr.

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001026 Flora of China v 24 p 188 北疆韭 bei jiang jiu Allium hymenorhizum
2. http://bioaltai-sayan.ru/regnum/eng/species_all.php?right=box-spec-p/allium.php&left=go.php&species=allium_hymenorhizum Biodiversity of Altai-Sayan Ecoregion, Allium hymenorhizum Ledeb., 1830. Fl. Altaic. 2: 12 - Лук плевокорнещный
3. Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 12–13.
4. http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=17428 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype ofAllium hymenorhizum
5. Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae [Leipzig] ser. 1, 13: 32.
6. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295739 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families