Allium macranthum explained

Allium macranthum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Bhutan, Sikkim, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Tibet. It grows in wet places at elevations of 2700–4200 metres.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Allium macranthum has short, thick roots and a cylindrical bulb. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long, and thin, about the same length as the scapes but less than 2 cm across. Umbels have only a few purple, bell-shaped flowers.^{[1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027500 Flora of China v 24 p 176 Allium macranthum
2. Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
3. Web site: Digital Flora of Bhutan, Allium macranthum . 2015-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415011605/http://cms.cnr.edu.bt/plantdb/index.php?c=items&s=more&id=71 . 2015-04-15 . dead .
4. http://www.botanicus.org/page/1897160 Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 293.
5. Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 658.
6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7036#page/297/mode/1up Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé. 1913. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 12(325–330): 288.
7. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/56789 line drawing of Allium macranthum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 170, 1-4
8. http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=100178525 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bhutan, Allium macranthum