Allium rude
| 野黄韭 ye huang jiu | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. rude
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium rude Xu, Jie Mei
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Allium rude is a plant species endemic to western China. It has been reported from Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Xizang (Tibet), at elevations of 2700–5000 m.[1]
Allium rude produces one egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 70 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, usually shorter than the scape, up to 10 mm across. Umbels are spherical with large numbers of yellow flowers crowded together.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 189, Allium rude
- ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 286, pl. 50, f. 6.
- ^ line drawing of Allium rude, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 212, 6