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    Allium nanodes

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    Short description: Species of plant

    短葶山葱 duan ting shan cong
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Monocots
    Order: Asparagales
    Family: Amaryllidaceae
    Subfamily: Allioideae
    Genus: Allium
    Species:
    A. nanodes
    Binomial name
    Allium nanodes
    Airy Shaw

    Allium nanodes is a plant species native to the Sichuan and Yunnan regions of southern China . It grows in open areas at elevations of 3300–5200 m.[1]

    Allium nanodes is unusual in the genus in several respects. The leaves are opposite, green tinged with purple, broadly oblong, up to 9 cm long and up to 3 cm wide. The scape is extremely short, rarely more than 5 cm tall. The flowers are white, sometimes with a slight reddish tinge. [1][2][3]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Flora of China v 24 p 173
    2. Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1931. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 16(78): 141.
    3. line drawing of Allium nanodes, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 161, 1-3

    Wikidata ☰ Q15224975 entry



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