Allium humile
| Small Alpine Onion 雪韭 xue jiu | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. humile
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium humile Kunth | |
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Allium humile is an Asian species of wild onion found at high elevations (4000–4500 m) in India (Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh), Nepal, northern Pakistan, Tibet, and Yunnan.[2][3][4][5][6]
Allium humile has narrow, cylindrical bulbs.
The species formerly included a variety Allium humile var. trifurcatum F.T.Wang & Tang which is since 1991 called Allium trifurcatum (F.T.Wang & Tang) J.M.Xu.[8]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 180 雪韭 xue jiu Allium humile
- ^ Flora of Pakistan
- ^ Flowers of India, Small Alpine Onion, Allium humile
- ^ Shah A, Bharati KA, Ahmad J, Sharma MP. 2015. New ethnomedicinal claims from Gujjar and Bakerwals tribes of Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 116:119–128
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 443
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families