| 卵叶山葱 luan ye shan cong  | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Asparagales | 
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Allioideae | 
| Genus: | Allium | 
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Anguinum | 
| Species: | A. ovalifolium  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Allium ovalifolium | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium ovalifolium is a Chinese species of onion widely cultivated as an ornamental in other regions. It grows at elevations of 1500–4000 m.[2] The Tibetan people of Shangri-La and nearby areas eat its scapes.[3]
Allium ovalifolium produces narrow cylindrical bulbs. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, lanceolate to ovate, up to 15 cm long by 7 cm wide. Umbel is spherical, densely crowded with many white or pale red flowers.[2][4]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of selected Plant Families
 - 1 2 3 Flora of China v 24 p 173 卵叶山葱 luan ye shan cong Allium ovalifolium
 - ↑ Ju, Yan; Zhuo, Jingxian; Liu, Bo; Long, Chunlin (19 April 2013). "Eating from the wild: Diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (28): 28. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-28. PMC 3648497. PMID 23597086.
 - ↑ Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich Raphael Eduard von. 1924. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Anzeiger. 60: 101
 
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