Allium altaicum is a species of onion native to Asiatic Russia (Altay, Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Irkutsk, Tuva, Amur Oblast), Mongolia, Kazakhstan and northern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang).[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Cepa |
| Species: | A. altaicum
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| Allium altaicum | |
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Description
editAllium altaicum produces narrowly egg-shaped bulbs up to 4 cm (1+1⁄2 inches) in diameter. Scape is round in cross-section, up to 100 cm (39 inches) tall. Leaves are round, up to 50 cm (20 inches) long. Flowers are pale yellow, up to 20 mm (13⁄16 inch) across. Ovary is egg-shaped; stamens longer than the tepals.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Flora of China v 24 p 192.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Peter Simon von Pallas. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 2: 737, pl. R.
- ^ line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 213, 5-8