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Allium umbilicatum

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Allium umbilicatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. umbilicatum
Binomial name
Allium umbilicatum
Synonyms[1][2]

Allium umbilicatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[3] It is a wild onion native to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. It is a herbaceous perennial up to 40 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long. The leaves are tubular. The umbels are hemispherical and densely crowded with many pink flowers.[1][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flora of Pakistan
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ "Allium umbilicatum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 113.