Allium maximowiczii

Regel

White ornamental onion

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Allium maximowiczii
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Allium maximowiczii
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Allium maximowiczii
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(c) V.S. Volkotrub, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by V.S. Volkotrub

What to Eat

Edible parts: Bulb ?

The bulb is potentially edible.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in meadows and along rivers between 100-500 m above sea level in north China.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

An onion herb. It can have one or two bulbs. There are 1 or 2 leaves. The stalks is 20-40 cm long and covered with leaf sheaths for up to 1/2 its length. The flower head is half round.

Wikipedia

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Allium maximowiczii, English common name oriental chive, is an Asian plant species native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia). Allium maximowiczii produces one or two bulbs. Scape is up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbels are densely packed with large numbers of pink or red flowers.

Names & Synonyms
Allium ledebourianum var. maximowiczii (Regel) Q. S. Sunand others
References (2)
  • Brevard County Edible Acres
  • Urgamal, M., et al, 2014, Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Mongolia. Mongolia Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and National University of Mongolia Department of Biology. p 47

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