Allium umbilicatum
Allium umbilicatum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[3] It is a wild onion native to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long. Leaves are tubular. Umbels are hemispherical, densely crowded with many pink flowers.[1][4][5]
| Allium umbilicatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. umbilicatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium umbilicatum | |
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References
- Flora of Pakistan
- The Plant List
- "Allium umbilicatum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 113.
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