Allium hymenorhizum
Ledeb.
Turkman allium
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Summary
Source: WikipediaAllium hymenorhizum is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the amaryllis family. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 m Allium hymenorhizum has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 90 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, less than 6 mm wide but almost as long as the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many red flowers.
Description
An onion family herb. It can have one or several bulbs. They are 1.5 cm across. The leaves are flat, narrow and 2-6 mm wide. The stalk is 30-90 cm long. The flowering head is round.
Edible Uses
The bulbs are potentially edible.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows on meadows and dry pastures as well as high plains and mountain slopes between 1,100-2,700 m above sea level in western China.
Where It Grows
Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Middle East, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan,
Synonyms
References (2)
- Brevard County Edible Acres
- Urgamal, M., et al, 2014, Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Mongolia. Mongolia Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and National University of Mongolia Department of Biology. p 46
