Triangular onion

	Triangular onion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Monocotyledonous
Order :	Lilianae
Order:	Asparagus
Family:	Amaryllis
Subfamily :	Onion
Tribe :	Onion ( Allieae Dumort. , 1827 )
Gender:	Bow
View:	Triangular onion
International scientific name
	Allium triquetrum L. (1753)

Three-sided onion ( Latin Allium triquetrum ) - a species of perennial herbaceous plants of the genus Onion ( Allium ) of the Amaryllidaceae family .

Botanical Description

Perennial herbaceous plant. The stalk is trihedral, 10-40 cm tall. Leaves 2-3, they are linear, with keeled protrusions, up to 17 mm wide and 15 cm long, collected at the base of the plant ^[2] . Flowers 1–1.3 cm long, white, with a bright green stripe ^[3] , collected in a bundled umbrella ^[4] of 4-19 flowers. Flowering from December (or January) to May (in places of natural habitat) ^[2] .

Habitat and habitat

It grows in southwestern Europe , northwestern Africa , the islands of Madeira and the Canary Islands , where it is found in meadows, clearings, river banks and roadsides at an altitude of 850 m above sea level ^[2] . The species was also introduced in the British Isles , Turkey , Australia , North and South America ^[2] .

Economic Significance and Application

It can be used as an ornamental plant ^[4] .

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ C. Aedo. S. Castroviejo et al. : Allium L. (neopr.) ( PDF ). Flora Iberica . Date of treatment April 4, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.
↑ Clive A. Stace . Allium L. - Onions // New Flora of the British Isles. - 2nd edition. - Cambridge University Press , 1997. - P. 936–941. - ISBN 978-0-521-58935-2 .
↑ ¹ ² Avrorin, 1977 , p. 77.

Literature

Avrorin N.A. Allium triquetrum L. - Onions trihedral // Decorative herbaceous plants for open ground. Class Monocotyledons: In two volumes / Ans. ed. N.A. Avrorin. - L .: Nauka, 1977. - T. 1. Agavaceae - Juncaceae (Agavaceae - Sitnikovye). - S. 77 .-- 331 p. - 19,000 copies.
Schönfelder: Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora. Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-440-09361-1

[1] For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .

[Aedo-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ C. Aedo. S. Castroviejo et al. : Allium L. (neopr.) ( PDF ). Flora Iberica . Date of treatment April 4, 2012. Archived October 30, 2012.

[3] Clive A. Stace . Allium L. - Onions // New Flora of the British Isles. - 2nd edition. - Cambridge University Press , 1997. - P. 936–941. - ISBN 978-0-521-58935-2 .

[_e7c0ea346c605188-4] ¹ ² Avrorin, 1977 , p. 77.