Allium mairei

针叶韭; zhen ye jiu
	Allium mairei in the UMCS Botanical Garden in Lublin
Scientific classification
:	[[Template:Taxonomy/Allium]]
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/AlliumA. mairei
Binomial name
	Template:Taxonomy/AlliumAllium mairei; H. Lév.
Synonyms
	Allium amabile Stapf; Allium giraudiasii H.Lév.; Allium pyrrhorrhizum Airy Shaw; Allium pyrrhorrhizum var. leucorrhizum F.T. Wang & T. Tang; Allium yunnanense Diels;

Allium mairei is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family. It is native to Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar, and Arunachal Pradesh.^[4]^[3]

Allium mairei produces clusters of thin bulbs. Scapes are up to 40 cm tall, sometimes 2 from the same plant. Leaves are usually a bit shorter than the scape. Flowers are pale red or reddish-purple.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

[1] Tropicos

[2] The Plant List

[yoni-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[freetibet-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Fora of China v 24 p 176 针叶韭 zhen ye jiu Allium mairei

[5] Léveillé, Augustin Abel Hector. 1909. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7(152–156): 339.

[6] rawing of Allium maireiFlora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 179, 5-7

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针叶韭 zhen ye jiu

Allium mairei in the UMCS Botanical Garden in Lublin
Scientific classification
:	[[Template:Taxonomy/Allium]]
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/AlliumA. mairei
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/AlliumAllium mairei H. Lév.
Synonyms^[1]^[2]^[3]
Allium amabile Stapf Allium giraudiasii H.Lév. Allium pyrrhorrhizum Airy Shaw Allium pyrrhorrhizum var. leucorrhizum F.T. Wang & T. Tang Allium yunnanense Diels