Allium maowenense J.M.Xu

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

Bulb solitary or clustered, ovoid to narrowly so, 1--2 cm in diam.; tunic pale brown, thinly leathery, apex subfibrous. Leaves shorter than scape, 2--5 mm wide, semiterete, fistulose, adaxially channeled, smooth. Scape 16--30(--60) cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 1-valved, deciduous. Umbel globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels equal, ca. 2 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth white; segments with greenish or pale red midvein; outer ones narrowly ovate, boat-shaped, 3--5 × 1.5--2 mm; inner ones ovate, 4--5.5 × 2--3 mm. Filaments subulate, equal, ca. 2 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary green, subglobose, with concave nectaries covered by short, hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted; stigma punctiform. Fl. and fr. Sep--Nov. 2 n = 16*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Allium maowenense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:979062-1
WFO ID wfo-0000756678
COL ID 65X6N
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Synonyms

Allium maowenense