Allium setifolium explained

Allium setifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. It occurs in desert regions at elevations of 400–1000 m.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Allium setifolium is well-adapted to life in a hot, arid environment. It has a cluster of narrow, egg-shaped bulbs each up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is very short for the genus, rarely more than 10 cm tall. Leaves are reduced to hair-like bristles only 200-300 μm in diameter. Umbel has only a few red flowers.^{[1] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027532 Flora of China v 24 p 191, 丝叶韭 si ye jiu Allium setifolium
2. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
3. Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296594 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31312376#page/20/mode/1up Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer & Carl Anton von Meyer. 1841. Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl. Schrenk lectarum 1: 6-7
6. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/52839 line drawing of Allium setifolium, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 209, 4-6