Description
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Bulb solitary, ovoid-globose, 0.8--1.5(--2) cm in diam.; tunic gray to grayish yellow, membranous to papery, subentire to slightly fibrous. Leaves 2 or 3, narrowly linear, shorter than scape, 0.5--1.5 mm wide, adaxially channeled, scabrous-denticulate along angles. Scape 6--30 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths for ca. 1/3 its length. Spathe 2-valved, persistent; beak short. Umbel hemispheric to globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels subequal, equaling to slightly longer than perianth, bracteolate. Perianth pale purple; segments ovate-lanceolate, 4--6 × 1.5--2 mm, apex acute; inner ones slightly narrower than outer. Filaments equal, slightly shorter than to subequaling perianth segments, connate and adnate to perianth segments, base narrowly triangular, free part subulate. Ovary globose, without concave nectaries at base. Style exserted. Fl. and fr. Jul--Aug.
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Distribution
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Xinjiang (Kunlun Shan, Tian Shan) [Kyrgyzstan].
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Habitat
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Slopes, valleys; 1500--3000 m.
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Allium glomeratum: Brief Summary
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Allium glomeratum is a Central Asian species of onion native to Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. It occurs at elevations of 1500–3000 m.
Allium glomeratum produces one round bulb up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are pale purple.
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