Allium platyspathum

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderAsparagales
5. FamilyAmaryllidaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Altay, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang

Bulb solitary or rarely paired, cylindric to ovoid-cylindric, 1--2 cm in diam.; tunic blackish gray to black, thinly papery, decaying quickly; inner layers grayish lilac or light pinkish white, membranous. Leaves broadly linear, shorter to slightly longer than scape, 2--17 mm wide, flat, apex obtuse or gradually acute. Scape 10--60(--100) cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths only at base or for 1/3--1/2 its length. Spathe 2-valved, persistent; beak very short. Umbel hemispheric to globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels subequal, equaling to 2 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth pink or pinkish lilac; segments lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 6--8 × 1.5--2 mm; inner ones slightly longer than outer. Filaments 1--1.5 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary subglobose, with concave nectaries at base. Style exserted. Fl. and fr. Jun--Aug. 2 n = 16.

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Specimen records

35

With media

34

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Collections

MICH, US, MNHN, BG, K, NY

Recorded in

India, Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Chine, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Subclass of

herbaceous plant

Parent taxon

Allium

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