Allium tubiflorum explained

Allium tubiflorum is a plant species native to China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan) at elevations less than 2000 m.[1]

Allium tubiflorum is one of the few species of Allium lacking the characteristic onion/garlic scent. It produces bulbs that are solitary, round to egg-shaped, up to 20 cm across. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, up to 3 mm across, about the same length as the scapes. Umbels have a few red or purple flowers.[1] [2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027545 Flora of China v 24 p 201
  2. http://www.botanicus.org/page/1939432 Rendle, Alfred Barton. 1906. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44(2): 44–45, pl. 476, c. 8–11.
  3. Stearn, William Thomas. 1931. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1931: 107.