Liliaceae

A. schoenoprasum L., Sp. PL 301 (1753). Syn: A. sibiricum L., Mant. Alt. 562 (1771); A. buhseanum Kegel, All. Monogr. 81 (1875); A schoenoprasum L. var. buhseanum (Regel) Boiss., FL Or. 5:250 (1882). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 10: t. 496 f. 1085 & 1086 (1848); Hegi, 111. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 2: t. 60 f. 2 (1909); Rix& Phillips, Bulb Book 143(g) (1981). Figure 3. Map 12.
Bulbs oblong-cylindrical, 0.5-1 cm diam., clustered in dense clumps on a short rhizome; outer tunics brown, papyraceous or subcoriaceous, sometimes splitting into strips. Stem 10-60 cm, hollow. Leaves 1-2, cylindrical, 2-6 mm broad, fistulose. Spathe to 1.5(-2) cm, with 2-3 mucronate lobes, persistent, shorter than or equalling umbel, often coloured. Umbel hemispherical or sub-spherical, 2-3(-4) cm diam., dense. Pedicels 2-8(-15) mm, unequal. Perianth narrowly campanulate; segments pale pink, lilac-pink, lilac or pinkish-purple, rarely white, lanceolate, 7-10(-17) mm, glossy, attenuate-acuminate. Filaments included, 1/2 x perianth segments. Anthers yellow. Capsule 4 mm. Fl. 6-8. Streamsides, nr lakes, alpine meadows, damp ledges of shady limestone cliffs, grassy pastures, nr melting snow, 2000-3300 m.
Described from Siberia and Sweden (Öland). Type (designated by Wilde-Duyfjesin Taxon 22(1):82, 1973): Hb. linn. 419/37.
Mainly E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Karagoelldagh (Karagöl Da.), Sint. 1894:7346! A8 Rize: Djimil (Cimil), 2440 m, 1866, Bal. A9 Kars: 14 km from Sarikamis, to Horasan, 2300 m, Hub .-Mor. 16022! B7 Tunceli: Munzur
Da. above Ovacık, 2650 m, D. 31427! B8 Erzurum: Bingöl Da,, Koesan köy, 2500 m, Engin 585! B9 Van: Gürpinar, nr Sarariyanköyü, 2650m, T.Baytop (lSTE 45337)! C5 lçel: Kisyl Depe (Kizil Tepe) above Bulghar Maaden (Bol-kar Maden), 2800 m, Siehe 1912:518! C9 Hakkari: Bercelanplateau, 3000m, Koyuncu {AEF 2102)! Cİ0 Hakkari: Kara Da., 3288 m, D. 24475!
Europe, Caucasia, N. Iraq, W. & C. Iran, Pakistan, Turkestan, Siberia, E. Asia, N. America. Cultivated for its edible leaves (chives).

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