Allium rotundum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
Species: | A. rotundum
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Binomial name | |
Allium rotundum L. 1762 not All. 1785 nor Wimm. & Grab. 1824
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Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Allium rotundum, common name round-headed leek or purple-flowered garlic, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild onion. Its native range extends from Spain and Morocco to Iran and European Russia. [2] It is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States ( Michigan and Iowa). [3] The species grows in disturbed habitats such as roadsides, cultivated fields, etc. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Allium rotundum produces large clumps of as many as 50 egg-shaped bulbs, each up to 1.5 cm long. Leaves are up to 40 cm long. Scapes are up to 90 cm tall. Umbels look round from a distance, and can contain as many as 200 flowers. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 7 mm across; tepals purple, sometimes with white margins; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow or white. [4] [10] [11]
Allium rotundum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
Species: | A. rotundum
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Binomial name | |
Allium rotundum L. 1762 not All. 1785 nor Wimm. & Grab. 1824
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Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Allium rotundum, common name round-headed leek or purple-flowered garlic, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild onion. Its native range extends from Spain and Morocco to Iran and European Russia. [2] It is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States ( Michigan and Iowa). [3] The species grows in disturbed habitats such as roadsides, cultivated fields, etc. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Allium rotundum produces large clumps of as many as 50 egg-shaped bulbs, each up to 1.5 cm long. Leaves are up to 40 cm long. Scapes are up to 90 cm tall. Umbels look round from a distance, and can contain as many as 200 flowers. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 7 mm across; tepals purple, sometimes with white margins; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow or white. [4] [10] [11]