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| March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Alliaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Allium monanthum Maximowicz |
| Synonyms | Allium biflorum Nakai; Allium monanthum Maximowicz var. floribundum Z. J. Zhong & X. T. Huang |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hime nira (ヒメニラ, 姫韮 [meaning: dwarf nira (nira = Allium tuberosum)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (south of Akita prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China | |
| Habitat | Mountane field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 32 |
| Description | Bulbs ca 1cm across. Leaves 10-20cm long. Scapes 6-10cm tall, non hair. Flowers bracts 6-7mm long, pedicels 2-3mm long, white (or sometimes pink) perianths 4-5mm long, flowering in March to May. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Allium monanthum Maximowicz |
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| March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
