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

  1. 1 2 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.
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