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Allium yanchiense (Allium yanchiense)

Description

Allium yanchiense is a plant species endemic to China, reported from Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Shanxi. It grows at elevations of 1300–2000 m. Allium yanchiense has clusters of egg-shaped bulbs each up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about 2 mm across, shorter than the scape. Umbel is spherical, crowded with many white or pinkish flowers.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Amaryllidaceae

              • Genus: Allium