Allium prattii C.H.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

An onion family herb. There can be one bulb or a cluster. There are 2 leaves. They are sword shaped and 1-4 cm wide. The stalk is 10-60 cm long. The flowers are purple red or pale red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in shady and damp places and along stream banks between 2,000-4,900 m above sea level. In Yunnan. In Sichuan.
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Shady and damp forests, thickets, scrub, stream banks, slopes, meadows; at elevations from 2,000-4,900 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The bulbs are eaten fresh or used as a flavouring. The leaves are used for flavouring curries.
Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Allium prattii world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528656-1
WFO ID wfo-0000757055
COL ID 5TWVR
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Allium cannifolium Allium prattii Allium ellipticum Allium victorialis var. angustifolium Allium prattii var. ellipticum Allium prattii var. vinicolor