Allium tenuissimum
Species of flowering plant
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Allium tenuissimum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Mongolia, Asiatic Russia, Korea, Kazakhstan and China.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. tenuissimum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium tenuissimum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium tenuissimum var. purpureum Regel | |
Allium tenuissimum produces a cluster of small, narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scapes, about 10 mm in diameter. Flowers are white or pink with a narrow red midvein along each of the tepals.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- Varieties[1]
- Allium tenuissimum var. nalinicum S.Chen - Inner Mongolia
- Allium tenuissimum var. tenuissimum - most of specific range
- formerly included[1]
- Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium, now called Allium anisopodium
- Allium tenuissimum f. zimmermannianum, now called Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum