Allium umbilicatum
| Allium umbilicatum | |
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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 |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
| Species: | A. umbilicatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium umbilicatum | |
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Allium umbilicatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[3] It is a wild onion native to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. It is a herbaceous perennial up to 40 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long. The leaves are tubular. The umbels are hemispherical and densely crowded with many pink flowers.[1][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Flora of Pakistan
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ "Allium umbilicatum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 113.