| 针叶韭 zhen ye jiu | |
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| Allium mairei in the UMCS Botanical Garden in Lublin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/AlliumA. mairei
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| Template:Taxonomy/AlliumAllium mairei | |
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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] It grows in meadows, forests, and rock crevices.[4]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fora of China v 24 p 176 针叶韭 zhen ye jiu Allium mairei
- ↑ Léveillé, Augustin Abel Hector. 1909. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7(152–156): 339.
- ↑ line drawing of Allium maireiFlora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 179, 5-7