Liliopsida Asparagales Alliaceae Allium
Detailed information about the plant.
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Alliaceae
Genus:
Allium
Editor:
Beshko N.Yu.
Scientific name:
Allium bucharicum Regel
Description:
Bulb nearly globose, 1-3 cm in diam., with papery, grey or blackish tunics. Stem rather stocky, 10-30 cm tall. Leaves (2)3-6, linear, (3)7-20 mm wide, shorter than the stem. Spathe membranaceous, shortly acuminate, 2-3 times shorter than umpel. Umbel globose or semiglobose, lax, many-flowered. Pedicels unequal, bracts absent. Perianth star-shaped; tepals (7)8-9(10) mm long, dirty pink, with purple midvein, linear-lanceolate, acute, stiff and erect after anthesis. Filaments slightly or up to 1.5 times shorter than tepals, at the base connate, triangular-subulate, inner ones at the base slightly broader than outer. Flowering IV-V. Fruiting V-VI.
Habit (i)
Growth form:
(i)
perennial (i)
Size of plant:
(i)
from 100 mm to 250 mm
from 250 mm to 600 mm
Water or terrestrial plant:
(i)
terrestrial (i)
Flower (i)
Flower appearance and pollination:
(i)
attractive, animal-pollinated (i)
Flower colour:
(i)
pink (i)
Perianth arrangement:
(i)
simple, similar (i)
Flower symmetry:
(i)
radiary, regular (actinomorphic) (i)
Flower form:
(i)
simple (flat) - Do not confuse with inflorescences as in some Asteraceae (i)
Sepal number:
(i)
none or rudimentary (i)
Petal / Tepal number:
(i)
6 (i)
Petal / Tepal fusion:
(i)
free (i)
fused at base (i)
Spur:
(i)
no spur (i)
Stamen number:
(i)
6 (i)
Stamen fusion:
(i)
free (i)
fused with each other (i)
fused with a corolla (calyx in Thymelaeaceae) (i)
Style number:
(i)
1
Inflorescence (i)
Inflorescence:
(i)
Flowers in inflorescence (i)
Simple inflorescences (i)
Inflorescence type:
(i)
umbel (i)
Fruit (i)
Type of fruit:
(i)
capsule (i)
Shoot/Stem (i)
Spines, thorns or prickles:
(i)
absent (i)
Root / shoot below ground (i)
Storage in below-ground structures:
(i)
bulbs with roots on lower side (i)
Distribution (i)
Distribution (Phytochoria):
(i)
Panj
Babatag
Distribution (Administrative regions):
(i)
Surkhandarya
Phenology (i)
Flowering Period:
(i)
April
May
Fruiting Period:
(i)
May
June
Plant Status (i)
Endemism:
subendemic