Allium iliense

Allium iliense is a species of wild onion native to southeastern Kazakhstan.^[2] Living in sandy areas, its loose inflorescence can detach when ripe and roll in the wind, spreading seeds much further in the manner of a tumbleweed.^[3]

Allium iliense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:	A. iliense
Binomial name
Allium iliense Regel[1]

References

1. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(II): 452 (1868)
2. "Allium iliense Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
3. Fritsch, Reinhard M. (2016). "A Preliminary Review of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum in Central Asia". Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben: 1–288. doi:10.5447/IPK/2016/60. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)