Allium kurssanovii explained

Allium kurssanovii is a species of wild onion native to Central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan).^[1] It grows on cliff faces and other sun-lit locations at elevations of 2200–2700 m.^{[2] [3]}

Allium kurssanovii has a cluster of very long, narrow bulbs up to 15 cm long. Scapes are up to 90 cm tall. Leaves flat, slightly longer than the scape but only 3–4 mm across. Umbel is large and spherical, with many flowers; tepals pink to purplish-red with dark purple midvein.^{[2] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=295847 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001032 Flora of China v 24 p 190 条叶长喙韭tiao ye chang hui jiu Allium kurssanovii
3. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
4. Popov, Mikhail Grigoríevič. 1938. Bjulleten Moskovskogo Obačestva Ispytatelej Prirody, Otdel Biologičeskij 47: 85.
5. Gamajun. 1964.Botanicheskie materialy Gerbariya Instituta Botaniki Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi S.S.R., Alma Ata 2: 11.
6. Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosudistye Rasteniia SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.