''Allium asarense'' is a species of
wild onion in the family
Amaryllidaceae
The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus '' Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryl ...
, native to north-central Iran.
Out of the approximately 1000
species of ''Allium'' it and ''
Allium vavilovii'' are the closest known relatives of the common onion ''
Allium cepa''.
Distribution and habitat
''Allium asarense'' is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Iran, where it is found only in the north-central region of the country.
This species grows in limestone, rocky slopes where it inhabits habitats such as cliffs and mountain peaks, at altitudes of about above sea level.
References
asarense
Endemic flora of Iran
Plants described in 2001
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