Allium victorialis
Alpine leek victory onion |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: |
A. victorialis
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Binomial name | |
Allium victorialis |
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Synonymy
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Allium victorialis, commonly known as victory onion, Alpine leek, is a broad-leaved Eurasian species of wild onion. It is a perennial of the Amaryllis family that occurs widely in mountainous regions of Europe and parts of Asia (Caucasus and Himalayas).[3][4]
Some authors consider certain East Asian and Alaskan populations as constituting subspecies platyphyllum within the species Allium victorialis.[5][6] Recent sources recognize this group as a distinct species, called Allium ochotense.[7][8][9][10][11]
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General description
Allium victorialis attains a height of 30–45 cm (11.8–17.7 in) and forms a sheathed bulb ("root-stalk") about the thickness of a finger and 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) long.[12] Leaves are broad elliptical or lanceolate. Flowers (perianths) are whitish green.[12]
Distribution
Allium victorialis is found widely across mountain ranges Europe, as well as the Caucasus and the Himalayas.[3]
Nomenclature
The specific epithet victorialis comes from the German Siegwurz (Root of Victory),[13] and it earned this name having been "worn as an amulet, to be as safeguard against the attacks of certain impure spirits," by Bohemian miners among others.[13]
Uses
The plant, in past centuries in certain mountainous regions of Europe, "was cultivated as a medicinal and fetish plant".[14]
See also
- sansai
- ramsons
- Allium tricoccum (ramps)
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium victorialis
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio serpentino, victory onion, alpine leek, Allium victorialis L. includes photos and European distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 234 Allium victorialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 295. 1753.
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 172 茖葱 ge cong Allium victorialis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 295. 1753.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Allium ochotense Prokh.
- ↑ The Plant List, Allium ochotense Prokh.
- ↑ Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
- ↑ Denisov, N. (2008). Addition to Vascular flora of the Kozlov island (Peter the Great Gulf, Japanese sea). Turczaninowia 11(4): 29-42.
- ↑ Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. 1–1.5 ft (0.30–0.46 m) height; and rootstalk 5.1–7.6 cm (2–3 in).
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External links
- Media related to Allium victorialis at Wikimedia Commons