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Allium grisellum

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灰皮薤 hui pi xie
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. grisellum
Binomial name
Allium grisellum
Xu, Jie Mei

Allium grisellum is a plant species endemic to Xinjiang. It is known from one location in a meadow near Toksun Xian, southeast of Urumqi, at an elevation of about 300 m.[1]

Allium grisellum forms clumps of egg-shaped bulbs about 10 mm across. Scapes are up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves narrow, about as long as the scape but only 10–15 mm wide. Umbels have only a few flowers; tepals white with a purple midvein.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 196.
  2. ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 286, pl. 83.
  3. ^ line drawing of Allium grisellum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 218, 1-3