Allium lineare | |
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Herbarium specimen of Allium lineare | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Reticulatobulbosa |
Species: | A. lineare
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Binomial name | |
Allium lineare L. 1753 not Mill. 1768 nor Ten. 1811 nor Willd. ex Kunth 1843
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Allium lineare is a Eurasian species of wild onions with a wide range extending from France to Mongolia.[2][3][1][4][5][6]
Allium lineare has one or two bulbs each up to 15 cm across. Scape is up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, very narrow, rarely more than 5 mm across. Flowers red.[2][7][8][9]