''Allium oreophilum'', the pink lily leek, is a species of
monocot
Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, ( Lilianae '' sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute on ...
plant in the
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 ...
family native to an area extending from
Western China
Western China (, or rarely ) is the west of China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers one municipality (Chongqing), six provinces (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), and three autonomous region ...
to Turkey and the
Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...
.
Flora of China v 24 p 200
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''Allium oreophilum'' produces one spherical bulb up to in diameter. The scape is short for the genus, rarely more than tall. The leaves are flat, narrow and longer than the scape. The umbel
In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' " ...
is a loose dome with 10–15 pink or red flowers in late spring and early summer.[
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References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of ''Allium oreophilum'', collected from the Caucasus region
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oreophilum
Flora of temperate Asia
Plants described in 1831
Flora of Pakistan