Allium anisopodium

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| image = Allium anisopodium 82839438.jpg

| taxon = Allium anisopodium

| parent = Allium subg. Rhizirideum

| authority = Ledeb.

| synonyms =

  • Allium anisopodium subsp. argunense Peschkova
  • Allium tchefouense Debeaux
  • Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium (Ledeb.) Regel
  • Allium tenuissimum subsp. anisopodium (Ledeb.) Printz

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Allium+anisopodium The Plant List]

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Allium anisopodium, also called thread-leaf chive,{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |last=Korea National Arboretum |publisher=National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=347 |access-date=27 November 2016 |via=Korea Forest Service |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archivedate=25 May 2017 }} is a species of plant native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027447 Flora of China v 24 p 185]

Allium anisopodium is a perennial herb with a scape (round in cross-section) up to 70 cm tall. Leaves are about the same length as the scape. Flowers are purple.Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1852. Flora Rossica 4: 183.[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/57560 line drawing of Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 195, 7 ]

Varieties

Two varieties are generally recognized:

Allium anisopodium var. anisopodium --- Leaves, scape and pedicels smooth

Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum (Gilg) F.T. Wang & T. TanWang, Fa Tsuan & T. Tan. 1934. Contributions from the Institute of Botany, National Academy of Peiping 2(8): 260. (syn: Allium zimmermannianum GilgGilg, Ernest Friedrich. 1904. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34 (1, Beibl. 75): 23) --- Leaves, scape and pedicels with a rough surface

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