Allium spirale

扭叶韭 niu ye jiu
German Garlic
Curly Chives,
spiral onion
corkscrew onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. spirale
Binomial name
Allium spirale
Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium canescens Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Allium longicaule Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Allium senescens Ker Gawl. 1808, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 nor Miq. 1867 nor Host 1827 nor Suter 1802 nor Thunb. 1784
  • Allium spurium Schult. & Schult.f. 1830, illegitimate homonym not G. Don 1827
  • Allium trisulcum Schult. & Schult.f.

Allium spirale is a plant species native to Korea, Primorye, and parts of China.[2][3] It is cultivated in many other regions and has for some reason obtained the common name German garlic.[4] Other common names include spiral onion, corkscrew onion, and curly chives.[5]

Allium spirale forms a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, shorter than the scape but only about 5 mm across, generally twisted in a helical fashion. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many flowers. Tepals pink with a dark red midvein.[2][6][7]It

Allium spirale typically grows on dry slopes, loess, steppes, and places with significant amounts of sand, gravel or stone.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 3 Xu, Jiemei & Kamelin, Rudolf V. "Allium spirale". In Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan. Flora of China (online). eFloras.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  3. ↑ CHOI, H. J. and OH, B. U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
  4. ↑ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium spirale
  5. ↑ Agroatlas, Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, Allium spirale
  6. ↑ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1814. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis 17.
  7. ↑ Kharkevich SS., ed. 1987. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. V.2. Leningrad: Nauka. 446 p.
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