Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum (DC.) E.F.Warb.
Details
Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum (DC.) E.F.Warb. (1952)
Nomenclature
E.F.Warb.
DC.
(DC.) E.F.Warb.
1952
ICN
subsp.
Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum
Classification
Descriptions
Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum (DC.) E.F.Warb.
Bulb 2 × 1.5 cm, tunic scarious, outermost layer with prominent round pits, whitish-grey with stipitate offset bulbs. Leaves 2-4, c. 35 × 1 cm, flat < scape, light green to ± glaucous; sheaths reddish-purple. Scape 30-60 cm high, cylindrical, sheathed by leaves at base. Umbels 5-8 cm diam., ± lax, with flowers and bulbils; pedicels 4-6 times length of flowers, or longer; spathe-valve 1, persistent. Flowers 10-12 mm long, ± 12 mm diam., pale pink, with deeper pink central nerves; segments ± oblong, obtuse, margins slightly dentate. stamens c. ⅔ length of perianth; filaments entire, without appendages. Bulbils c. 5 mm long, becoming reddish, shinning. Capsule not seen.
Taxonomic concepts
Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum (DC.) E.F.Warb.
Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum (DC.) E.F.Warb.
Collections
Notes
editorial
Healy and Edgar (1980) identified the naturalised Allium roseum in New Zealand as Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum, based on the observation that the inflorescences of these plants produced both bulbils and flowers. However, Allium roseum subsp. bulbiferum has since been synonymised with the type subspecies, Allium roseum subsp. roseum. The presence of bulbils is now considered an unreliable characteristic for subspecies distinction.
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 November 2024