Family | Alliaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Scientific name | Allium thunbergii G. Don |
Synonyms | Allium odorum Thunberg; Allium bakeri Regel var. morrisonense (Hayata) Tang S. Liu & S. S. Ying; Allium japonicum Regel; Allium komarovianum Vuedensky; Allium morrisonense Hayata; Allium ophiopogon H. Léveillé; Allium pseudo-japonicum Makino; Allium taquetii H. Léveillé; Allium yamarakyo Honda |
Common name | (Japanese common name) yama rakkyo (ヤマラッキョウ, 山辣韮 [mountain rakkyo (rakkyo = Allium bakeri)]) |
(English common name) Chinese chives, Chinese leek, garlic chives, Oriental garlic | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (south of Akita prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane fields |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 32 |
Description | Bulbs 1.5-3cm. Leaves 20-50cm long, 2-5mm wide, non hair. Flowers bracts 8-10mm long, pedicels 10-15mm long, purple perianths 5mm long, filaments longer than perianths ca. 7mm long, flowering in September to October. Fruits ca. 5mm, seeds ca. 4mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Allium thunbergii G. Don |
Allium thunbergii G. Don |
October 2006 at mountane marsh |
October 2006 at mountane marsh |
October 2006 at mountane marsh |
October 2008 at lowland swamp |
October 2008 at lowland swamp |
October 2008 at lowland swamp |