Allium spirale

Allium spirale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Rhizirideum
Species:	A. spirale
Binomial name
	Allium spirale; Willd.
Synonyms
	Allium canescens Schult. & Schult.f.; Allium longicaule Schult. & Schult.f.; Allium senescens Ker Gawl. 1808, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 nor Miq. 1867 nor Host 1827 nor Suter 1802 nor Thunb. 1784; Allium spurium Schult. & Schult.f. 1830, illegitimate homonym not G. Don 1827; Allium trisulcum Schult. & Schult.f.;

Allium spirale, also known as Korean aging chive,^[2] is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China.^[3]^[4] It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic.^[5] Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.^[6]

Allium spirale forms a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, shorter than the scape but only about 5 mm across, generally twisted in a helical fashion. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many flowers. Tepals pink with a dark red midvein.^[3]^[7]^[8]

Habitat

Allium spirale typically grows on dry slopes, loess, steppes, and places with significant amounts of sand, gravel or stone.^[3]

References

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
^ ^a ^b ^c Xu, Jiemei & Kamelin, Rudolf V. "Allium spirale". In Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan (eds.). Flora of China (online). eFloras.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
^ CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
^ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale
^ Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale
^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.
^ Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.

[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

[FoC-3] Xu, Jiemei & Kamelin, Rudolf V. "Allium spirale". In Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan (eds.). Flora of China (online). eFloras.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.

[4] CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x

[5] Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale

[6] Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale

[7] Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.

[8] Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.

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