Allium splendens
Glittering Chive
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Amaryllidaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a bulbous geophyte.
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Allium splendens (commonly known as Glittering chive) is a bulbous plant belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. Found natively in Temperate Asia, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. The genus Allium is notably large, comprising more than 1050 species. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Mongolia, Russian Far East, Siberia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, Yakutskiya
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