Allium karataviense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:
A. karataviense
Binomial name
Allium karataviense
Synonyms[1][2][3]

Allium karataviense is an Asian species of onion in the Amaryllis family.[7][8] It is commonly known as Turkistan onion or ornamental onion.[9]

It is a native to central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan)[1] (and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plant[10][11]). It has been selected for the Great Plant Picks list of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest.[12] The Latin specific epithet karataviense means of the Karatau mountains in Kazakhstan, in reference to the plant's native range.[13]

Description

Allium karataviense is an herbaceous, bulb-forming species. It produces a basal rosette of wide, arching leaves.[14] Basal leaves are broad-elliptic, spreading, gray-green, and appear in pairs. Flowers are lilac to pink in color and have a mild fragrance.[13]

References

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  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Allium karataviense en PlantList
  3. ↑ Allium karataviense en Trópicos
  4. ↑ Rukšans, Janis. 2007. Buried Treasures: Finding and Growing the World's Choicest Bulbs. Timber Press.
  5. ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code), article 30 see §30.6
  6. ↑ International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code), article 39 see §39.1
  7. ↑ Eduard August von Regel. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani 3(2): 243
  8. ↑ RHS Plant Finder 2009–2010, Dorling Kindersley, London, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4053-4176-9
  9. ↑ "Allium karataviense (Ornamental Onion, Turkistan Onion) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  10. ↑ Brickell, Christopher (Editor-in-chief),The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley, London, 1996, ISBN 0-7513-0303-8
  11. ↑ Hessayon, D. G. The Bulb Expert. Transworld Publishers Ltd. Londres, 1999
  12. ↑ "Allium karataviense, Turkestan onion". greatplantpicks.org. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Allium karataviense - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  14. ↑ Rosella Rossi. 1990. Guía de Bulbos. Grijalbo. Barcelona
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