Allium caesium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. caesium
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| Allium caesium | |
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Allium caesium, light blue garlic, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It grows in deserts and dry fields at elevations of 700–2000 m.[2]
Allium caesium produces round bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scapes are up to 65 cm tall. Leaves are round in cross-section, slightly shorter than the scapes. Flowers are sky-blue.[2][3][4] The Latin specific epithet caesium means “grey-blue”.[5]
In cultivation in the UK, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 199
- ^ Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1844. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 113.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1873. Gartenflora 22:236.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ^ "Allium caesium". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.