Allium atrosanguineum var. fedschenkoanum

Allium atrosanguineum var. fedschenkoanum is an Allium variety found high in the high mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tibet and Tajikistan. It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 50 cm tall, producing an umbel of yellow flowers.

Description

A temperate bulb-forming herb in the Amaryllidaceae family, a variety of an onion species.

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Edible Uses

The bulbs are edible.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Central Asia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,

Synonyms

References (1)

• Khassanov, F. O., 2007, Edible Alliums of Uzbekistan. in First Kazbegi workshop on "Botany, taxonomy and phytochemistry of wild Allium L. species of the Caucasus and Central Asia". (As Allium kaufmannii)

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