''Allium strictum'' is a
Eurasia
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* any uncultivated species in the genus ''Allium'', especially:
**''Allium bisceptrum''
** ''Allium canadense''
** ''Allium tricoccum''
** ''Allium validum''
** ''Allium vineale''
* ''Asphodelus tenuifolius''
* ''Cyperus bulb ...
. Its native range extends from
France
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to
Yakutia
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.
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''Allium strictum'' produces one or two bulbs, each up to 8 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, shorter than the scape, about 4 mm wide. Umbels
In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' "p ...
are spherical with many flowers crowded together. Tepals
A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...
are rose-pink or reddish-purple with a dark purple midvein.[Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosud. Rast. SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad.] It grows on stony slopes and cliffs.
References
External links
*USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allium strictum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2012-04-08.
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Onions
Flora of Europe
Flora of temperate Asia
Plants described in 1809
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