Allium senescens
Species of plant
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Allium senescens, commonly called aging chive,[4] German garlic, broadleaf chives,[3] or dumebuchu,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium (which includes all the ornamental and culinary onions and garlic).
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. senescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium senescens | |
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Description
A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and grows 8–40 inches (20–102 cm) in height. The foliage is thin and straplike.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies have been named:[3]
- Allium senescens subsp. glaucum
- Allium senescens subsp. senescens
Distribution
Uses
Allium senescens is grown for its ornamental qualities, and as a gene source because of its tertiary genetic relationship to A. cepa (the common onion).[3] In the UK it has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]
