Allium suworowii is a species of onion native to Afghanistan and Central Asia.[2] It is a widely distributed and highly genetically variable species.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[4]

Allium suworowii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:
A. suworowii
Binomial name
Allium suworowii
Allium suworowii

References

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  1. ^ Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 546 (1881)
  2. ^ "Allium suworowii Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ Gurushidze, M.; Fritsch, R.; Blattner, F. (2008). "Phylogenetic analysis of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum infers cryptic species and demands a new sectional classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 (3): 997–1007. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.003. PMID 18824112.
  4. ^ "Allium suworowii". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 3 September 2020.