Allium caesium
Allium caesium, light blue garlic, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It grows in deserts and dry fields at elevations of 700–2000 m.[2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. caesium |
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Allium caesium produces round bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scapes are up to 65 cm tall. Leaves are round in cross-section, slightly shorter than the scapes. Flowers are sky-blue.[2][3][4] The Latin specific epithet caesium means “grey-blue”.[5]
In cultivation in the UK, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6]
References
- The Plant List
- Flora of China v 24 p 199
- Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1844. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 113.
- Regel, Eduard August von. 1873. Gartenflora 22:236.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- "Allium caesium". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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