Allium macrostemon

Long-stamen chive
"Allium macrostemon", Tanesashi Coast, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Allium macrostemon, Tanesashi Coast, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. macrostemon
Binomial name
Allium macrostemon
Synonyms[4]
  • Allium chanetii H.Lév.
  • Allium grayi Regel
  • Allium grayi var. chanetii (H. Lév.) H. Lév.
  • Allium macrostemon var. uratense (Franch.) Airy Shaw
  • Allium nereidum Hance
  • Allium nipponicum Franch. & Sav.
  • Allium ousensanense Nakai
  • Allium iatasen H.Lév.
  • Allium pallasii var. uratense (Franch.) Regel
  • Allium uratense Franch.

Allium macrostemon (野蒜, ノビル), Chinese garlic, Japanese garlic or long-stamen onion,[5] is a species of wild onion widespread across much of East Asia. It is known from many parts of China, as well as Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Mongolia, Tibet and Primorye. It has been collected from elevations ranging from sea level to 3000 m.[6][7][8][9][10]

Allium macrostemon produces one round bulb up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are shorter than the scape, long and hollow, round or triangular in cross-section. Umbel is large and crowded with many pale red or pale purple flowers.[6][11][12]

Allium macrostemon is mentioned in Huangdi Neijing as one of the five consumable herbs (五菜) which included mallow (Malva verticillata) (葵), pea leaves (藿), Welsh onion (蔥) and garlic chives (韭).[13]

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  4. ^ The Plant List
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  6. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 199薤白 xie bai Allium macrostemon
  7. ^ Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
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  9. ^ Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.
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  11. ^ Bunge, Alexander Andrejewitsch. 1833. Enumeratio Plantarum, quas in China Boreali 65–66.
  12. ^ line drawing of Allium macrostemon, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 225, 8
  13. ^ 古代五菜, 2010-03-04