Allium spurium G.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

Bulb solitary or paired, cylindric to conical-cylindric, 0.5--1.5 cm in diam., attached to a subterranean, normally not thick rhizome; tunic whitish gray, membranous, apex splitting. Leaves narrowly linear, straight, shorter or longer than scape, (1.5--)2--4 mm wide, flat to convex-flat, fleshy, margin minutely scabrous, apex acute to gradually attenuate, truncate. Scape (20--)30--40 cm, terete, not angled, wingless, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 2-valved, usually caducous, apex acuminate. Umbel laxly hemispheric, many flowered. Pedicels (2--)3--4 × as long as perianth, usually ebracteolate. Perianth whitish pink or rose pink to pink-lilac, lustrous; segments with red, fine midvein or without midvein, narrowly elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 4.5--5.5(--6) × 1.5--2 mm, apex truncate to acute; outer ones boat-shaped. Filaments subulate, subequal, slightly longer than perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; inner ones wider than outer. Ovary ovoid, without concave nectaries. Style exserted. Fl. Jul-Aug. 2 n = 32.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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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 spurium world distribution map, present in Chile, China, and Montenegro

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528902-1
WFO ID wfo-0000757416
COL ID 66993
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Allium saxicola Allium spurium Allium dauricum Allium dauricum Allium spirale