Allium tianschanicum explained

Allium tianschanicum is a plant species native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[1]

Allium tianschanicum has a cluster of bulbs each up to 20 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 25 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are channeled, up to 15 mm across, shorter than the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many yellow or white flowers.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001064 Flora of China v 24 p 190
  2. Ruprecht, Franz Josef. 1869. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg, Septième Série (Sér. 7) 14(4): 33.