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Allium humile Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

Bulb solitary, cylindric; tunic brown, reticulate or subreticulate. Leaves 4--7, linear, 4--5 mm wide, flat, solid, fleshy, apex obtuse. Scape 5--15 cm, slightly compressed, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Umbel hemispheric, many flowered. Pedicels subequal, 1.5--2 × as long as perianth. Perianth broadly exposed, white; segments with yellowish green midvein, lanceolate, 7--8(--10) × ca. 2 mm. Filaments equal, ca. 1/2 as long as perianth segments. Ovary obconical-globose. Style short; stigma slightly 3-cleft. Fl. Jun.
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An onion family plant. A bulb plant. It as a single long bulb. The covering is brown and like a net. There are 4-7 leaves and they are narrow. They are 4-5 mm wide. They are flat and solid and fleshy. The scape is 5-15 cm long. It is covered with leaf sheaths only at the base. The flower head is half round with many flowers. They are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.3
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OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It occurs on slopes at high elevations between 4000-4500 m altitude in S China. It occurs between 3000-4000 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh in India. It can grow in cold arid places.
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Usage

The young leaves are used as a green vegetable. They are also dried and used as a condiment.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Allium humile world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528173-1
WFO ID wfo-0000756426
COL ID 65XCT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Allium humile Allium govanianum Allium nivale Allium nivale
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