Allium victorialis explained

Allium victorialis, commonly known as victory onion, Alpine leek, and Alpine broad-leaf allium^[1] is a broad-leaved Eurasian species of wild onion. It is a perennial of the Amaryllis family that occurs widely in mountainous regions of Europe and parts of Asia (Caucasus and Himalayas).^[2]

Some authors consider certain East Asian and Alaskan populations as constituting subspecies platyphyllum within the species Allium victorialis.^{[3] [4]} Recent sources recognize this group as a distinct species, called Allium ochotense.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

General description

Allium victorialis attains a height of NaN30 and forms a sheathed bulb ("root-stalk") about the thickness of a finger and NaN5 long.^[9] Leaves are broad, elliptical or lanceolate. Flowers (perianths) are whitish green.^[9]

Distribution

Allium victorialis is found widely across mountain ranges Europe, as well as the Caucasus and the Himalayas.^[10]

Nomenclature

The specific epithet victorialis comes from the German Siegwurz (Root of Victory),^[11] and it earned this name having been "worn as an amulet, to be as safeguard against the attacks of certain impure spirits," by Bohemian miners among others.^[11]

Uses

The plant, in past centuries in certain mountainous regions of Europe, "was cultivated as a medicinal and fetish plant".^[12] It was also recorded as consumed by Ainu people in northern Japan.^[13]

See also

• sansai
• ramsons
• Allium tricoccum (ramps)

Bibliography

• Choi. Hyeok JAE. Oh. Byoung UN. A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. October 2011. 167. 2. 153–211. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x. free.

Notes and References

1. Book: Korea National Arboretum . English Names for Korean Native Plants . National Arboretum . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 348 . 27 November 2016 . Korea Forest Service . 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://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+victorialis Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio serpentino, victory onion, alpine leek, Allium victorialis L.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200027546 Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 234 Allium victorialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 295. 1753.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027546 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 172 茖葱 ge cong Allium victorialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 295. 1753.
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296132 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium ochotense Prokh.
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296132 The Plant List, Allium ochotense Prokh.
7. Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
8. Denisov, N. (2008). Addition to Vascular flora of the Kozlov island (Peter the Great Gulf, Japanese sea). Turczaninowia 11(4): 29-42.
9. Book: Thompson, Harold Stuart. Sub-alpine Plants: Or, Flowers of the Swiss Woods and Meadows. G. Routledge & Sons. 1912. preview. 280. . NaN1 height; and rootstalk NaN2.
10. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296917 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium victorialis
11. Allium victorialis. Long-rooted garlic. Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 30. 1809. 1222–. Sims. John.
12. Book: Rabinowitch. Haim D.. Currah. Lesley. Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances. CABI. 2002. preview. 26. 978-0851-99510-6.
13. Web site: Bachelor. John. 1893. Ainu Economic Plants. live. Tota. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628222922/https://www.tota.world/article/179/ . 2021-06-28 .