Allium virgunculae




Family Alliaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name Allium virgunculae F. Maekawa & Kitamura
Synonyms Allium virgunculae F. Maekawa et Kitamura forma albiflorum S. Toyama
Common name (Japanese common name) ito-rakkyou (イトラッキョウ, 糸辣韮 [meaning: strings rakkyou (rakkyou = Allium chinense)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (Nagasaki Prefecture)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane rocks
Chromosomal number 2n=16 (2x)
Description Bulbs ca. 2-2.5cm long. Leaves 10-20cm long, non hair. Scapes ca. 8-20cm tall. Flowers pink or merely white (forma albiflorum), flowering in October to November. Perennial plants.
Reference Allium virgunculae F. Maek. & Kitam.
Allium virgunculae F. Maek. & Kitam.
Evolution of 5S rDNA units and their chromosomal localization in Allium cepa and Allium schoenoprasum revealed by microdissection and FISH
Phylogeny of Allium L. subgenus Rhizirideum (G. Don ex Koch) Wendelbo according to dot blot hybridization with randomly amplified DNA probes
Interspecific hybridization of autumn-flowering Allium species with ornamental Alliums and the characteristics of the hybrid plants
A study of taxonomical relationships among species of Korean Allium sect. Sacculiferum (Alliaceae) and related species using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers



October 2009
at my home
October 2009
at my home



cv. Suzuhuri-Rakkyou
November 2009
at a Nursery