Allium atrosanguineum

蓝苞葱 lan bao cong Лук чёрно-красный
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. atrosanguineum
Binomial name
*Allium atrosanguineum* Schrenk
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Allium monadelphum Less. ex Kunth Allium fedschenkoanum Regel Allium kaufmannii Regel

Allium atrosanguineum an Asian species of onion native to China, Siberia, Mongolia, and Central Asia. It grows high in the mountains at elevations of 2400–5400 m.^[3]^[4]

Allium atrosanguineum produces cylindrical bulbs up to 10 mm in diameter. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are round in cross-section, usually shorter than the scapes. Umbels appear spherical from a distance, with many flowers. Tepals are pink, yellow, copper-colored, brass-colored or purple, sometimes with small dark spots.^[3]^[5]

Three varieties are generally recognized:^[2]^[3]

Allium atrosanguineum var. atrosanguineum—Tepals purple - red with small spots — western China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan), Pakistan, Siberia (Tuva, Buryatiya, Krasnoyarsk, Zabaykalsky Krai), Mongolia
Allium atrosanguineum var. fedschenkoanum (Regel) G.H.Zhu & Turland^[6] - tepals pale yellow or pink — Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan), Pakistan, Tibet, Xinjiang
Allium atrosanguineum var. tibeticum (Regel) G.H.Zhu & Turland^[6] — tepals copper-colored or brass-colored — Western China (Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan)

References

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b The Plant List
^ ^a ^b ^c Flora of China v 24 p 194
^ Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan University of Karachi, Karachi.
^ Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1842. Bulletin scientifique, Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 355.
^ ^a ^b Zhu, Guang Hua & Turland, Nicholas John. 2000. Two new combinations in Central Asian and Chinese Allium (Alliaceae). Novon 10:181-182.

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Allium atrosanguineum