Allium griffithianum
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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. griffithianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium griffithianum | |
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Allium griffithianum is an Asian species of onion found in the high mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with a hemispherical umbel of flowers, white or light pink or pale purple.[3][2][4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of Pakistan
- ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 117.
- ^ Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- ^ Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva
- ^ Lazkov, G.A., Ganybaeva, M.R. & Toktosunova, K.R. (2007). New and rare species for the flora of Kirghizia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 92: 1071-1076.