Description
Perennial, scapose herbs with a bulbous base, smelling strongly of onions. Leaves mainly linear, sometimes broader. Flowers borne in a terminal umbel; bulbils often present between the flowers; sometimes replacing them. Perianth-segments persistent. Stamens free or connate. Style gynobasic. Fruit a membranous capsule; seeds black, 1-2 per loculus.
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© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe
Author: Mark Hyde
Author: Bart Wursten
Author: Petra Ballings
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2012). Allium Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 5 June 2012 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2106
Revisions
- 2012-06-06 11:41:01 UTC
- 2011-12-01 02:32:22 UTC
