Allium longistylum explained

Allium longistylum, also called riverside chive,^[1] is a species of wild onion native to Korea and northern China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi). It grows at elevations of 1500–3000 m.^{[2] [3]}

Allium longistylum has bulbs rarely more than 8 mm across. Scape is up to 50 cm high. Leaves are about the same length as the scape but only 2–3 mm across. Umbels are spherical. Flowers are red or reddish-purple.^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants . . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 347 . 17 December 2016 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf . 25 May 2017 .
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027499 Flora of China v 24 p 192 长柱韭 chang zhu jiu Allium longistylum
3. Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
4. http://www.botanicus.org/page/1897161 Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 294.
5. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/57817 line drawing of Allium longistylum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 210, 1-4
6. Nakai, Takenoshin. 1943. Journal of Japanese Botany 19:316.
7. Franchet, Adrien René. 1884. Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum Imperio 1: 305.