Allium saxatile

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Allium saxatile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Polyprason
Species:
A. saxatile
Binomial name
Allium saxatile
M. Bieb. 1798, conserved name not Pall. 1776 nor Hohen. ex Boiss. 1882 nor M.Bieb. 1808
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Allium saxatile is a Eurasian species of onion native to European Russia, Belarus, Caucasus, and the Altai Krai region in Siberia.[1] The species was formerly perceived as including additional populations from central and eastern Asia[2][3][4] but recent studies have resulting in splitting of the old species into several distinct species.[5]

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