朝鲜薤 chao xian xie

Allium komarovianum Vvedensky; A. pseudojaponicum Makino; A. yuchuanii Y. Z. Zhao & J. Y. Chao.

Bulb solitary or often paired, cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 0.7--1.5(--2) cm in diam.; outer tunic dark brown to brownish black, thinly leathery, split into fibers and subreticulate, rarely subentire. Leaves 3--5(--7), linear, shorter than scape, (2--)3--4(--5) mm wide, rarely subfistulose near base, keeled to nearly 3-angled, margin smooth, apex subattenuate. Scape 30--60(--70) cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths for 1/4--1/2 its length. Spathe 1- or 2-valved, persistent; beak ca. 1/2 as long as limb. Umbel globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels 1.5--3 × as long as perianth, bracteolate. Perianth lilac-pink to red-violet; segments with dark red or purple midvein; outer ones elliptic, boat-shaped, 4--4.5 × ca. 2 mm, apex obtuse; inner ones elliptic, 4.5--5(--5.5) × 2--2.5 mm, apex truncate. Filaments equal, ca. 1.5 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary obovoid-globose. Style long exserted. Fl. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 16.

Meadows, riversides, lakesides; 100--500 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, NE Nei Mongol [N Japan, Korea, Russia].