Liliopsida Asparagales Alliaceae Allium
Detailed information about the plant.
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Alliaceae
Genus:
Allium
Synonym:
Liliopsida
Editor:
Beshko N.
Scientific name:
Allium caesioides Wendelbo
Name acc. to:
Flora of Uzbekistan, 2 ed., vol. 1: 77 (2017)
Habitat:
mountain slopes (2000-2500 m.s.l.)
Description:
Bulb 1-2 cm in diam., ovate; tunics papery, grey. Bulblets smooth, grey-purple. Stem 15-40 cm tall, up to 1/3-1/2 covered by scabrous leaf sheaths. Leaves 2(3), 0.75-1.8 mm wide, linear, semicylindrical, fistulose, scabrous. Spathe acuminate, rostrate, 2 times as long as the umbel. Umbel hemispherical or spherical, dense. Pedicels nearly equal, with bracteoles up to 6 mm long. Perianth campanulate, tepals bluish or bluish-violet with darker midvein, 5-7 mm long, nearly acute, inner ones broader than outer ones. Filaments shorter than perianth, at 1/4 of their lenght connate with perianth and each other; outer ones narrowly triangular; inner ones widely triangular, with small lateral teeth. Style not exserted.
Habit (i)
Growth form:
(i)
perennial (i)
Size of plant:
(i)
from 100 mm to 250 mm
from 250 mm to 600 mm
Parasite status:
(i)
no parasite/saprophyte (i)
Water or terrestrial plant:
(i)
terrestrial (i)
Leaf (i)
Simple or divided leaves:
(i)
simple (i)
Shape of blade:
(i)
linear incl.grasslike or oblong (i)
Flower (i)
Flower appearance and pollination:
(i)
attractive, animal-pollinated (i)
Flower colour:
(i)
purple to violet (i)
blue (i)
Perianth arrangement:
(i)
simple, similar (i)
Length of flower:
(i)
to 10 mm
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)
Western Tien Shan
Fergana-Alay
Western Chatkal (Chimgan)
Eastern Alay
Distribution (Administrative regions):
(i)
Tashkent
Fergana
Phenology (i)
Flowering Period:
(i)
June