Allium macrostemon

Long-stamen chive
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Tribe:	Allieae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. macrostemon
Binomial name
Allium macrostemon Bunge
Synonyms[1]
Allium chanetii H.Lév. Allium grayi Regel Allium grayi var. chanetii (H. Lév.) H. Lév. Allium macrostemon var. uratense (Franch.) Airy Shaw Allium nereidum Hance Allium nipponicum Franch. & Sav. Allium ousensanense Nakai Allium iatasen H.Lév. Allium pallasii var. uratense (Franch.) Regel Allium uratense Franch.

Allium macrostemon, English name long-stamen chive,^[2] is a species of wild onion widespread across much of East Asia. It is known from many parts of China, as well as Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Mongolia, Tibet and Primorye. It has been collected from elevations ranging from sea level to 3000 m.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Allium macrostemon produces one round bulb up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are shorter than the scape, long and hollow, round or triagonal in cross-section. Umbel is large and crowded with many pale red or pale purple flowers.^[3][8][9]

References

1. The Plant List
2. Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: National Arboretum. p. 347. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
3. Flora of China v 24 p 199薤白 xie bai Allium macrostemon
4. Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
5. Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
6. Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K..
7. Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
8. Bunge, Alexander Andrejewitsch. 1833. Enumeratio Plantarum, quas in China Boreali 65–66.
9. line drawing of Allium macrostemon, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 225, 8