Allium umbilicatum

Allium umbilicatum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[3] It is a wild onion native to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long. Leaves are tubular. Umbels are hemispherical, densely crowded with many pink flowers.[1][4][5]

Allium umbilicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. umbilicatum
Binomial name
Allium umbilicatum
Synonyms[1][2]

References

  1. Flora of Pakistan
  2. The Plant List
  3. "Allium umbilicatum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 113.
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