Allium ledebourianum facts for kids

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Scientific classification
Genus:	Allium
Species:	ledebourianum
Synonyms
Allium uliginosum Ledeb. 1830, illegitimate homonym of Allium uliginosum G. Don 1827 Allium ledebourianum var. purpurascens Regel

Allium ledebourianum is an Asian species of wild onion native to central and northeastern Asia: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia (Altay Krai, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin), and China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang). It occurs at elevations up to 1800 m elevation.

Allium ledebourianum has a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many purple flowers; tepals pale purple with darker purple midvein.

Formerly included

Allium ledebourianum var. maximowiczii (Regel) Q.S.Sun, now called Allium maximowiczii Regel

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