Allium sacculiferum Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

An onion family plant. It is a bulb plant. The bulb can be single or in pairs. They are 0.7-1.5 cm across. The outer covering is dark brown. It is thinly leathery. There are 3-5 leaves which are linear and shorter than the scape. They are 3-4 mm wide. The scape is 30-60 cm high. It is covered with leaf sheaths for 1/2 its length. The flower head is round with many flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in meadows and beside rovers from 100-500 m altitude in N China.
More
Wet meadows. Meadows, riversides and lakesides at elevations of 100-500 metres in northern China.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use Carminative (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Allium sacculiferum unspecified picture

Distribution

Allium sacculiferum world distribution map, present in Chile, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528782-1
WFO ID wfo-0000757224
COL ID 65X7D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Allium deltoide-fistulosum Allium japonicum Allium komarovianum Allium yuchuanii Allium ophiopogon Allium sacculiferum Allium sacculiferum var. viviparum