Allium reticulatumSt.-Lag. 1880, illegitimate homonym not J. Presl & C. Presl 1819
Allium anguinumBubani.
Allium victorialis, commonly known asvictory onion,Alpine leek, andAlpine broad-leaf allium[5] is a broad-leaved Eurasian species of wildonion. It is a perennial of theAmaryllis family that occurs widely in mountainous regions ofEurope (includingCaucasus) and parts ofAsia (Himalayas).[4][6]
Some authors consider certainEast Asian andAlaskan populations as constituting subspeciesplatyphyllum within the speciesAllium victorialis.[2][7] Recent sources recognize this group as a distinct species, calledAllium ochotense.[8][9][10][11][12]
Allium victorialis attains a height of 30–45 cm (11.8–17.7 in) and forms a sheathedbulb ("root-stalk") about the thickness of a finger and 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) long.[13] Leaves are broad, elliptical or lanceolate. Flowers (perianths) are whitish green.[13]
Thespecific epithetvictorialis comes from the GermanSiegwurz (Root of Victory),[14] and it earned this name having been "worn as an amulet, to be as safeguard against the attacks of certain impure spirits," by Bohemian miners among others.[14]
The plant, in past centuries in certain mountainous regions of Europe, "was cultivated as a medicinal and fetish plant".[15] The plant known aspukusa to the Ainu people in northern Japan, an important food source, had been classed asA .victorialis subsp.platyphyllum,[16] but recent genetics classify it under its own species,Allium ochotense.[17]
^Holubec, V., Magos Brehm, J., Uzundzhalieva, K., Vögel, R., Vörösváry, G., Eliáš, P. & Duarte, M.C. (2011).Allium victorialis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172231A6854104. Downloaded on 05 January 2019.
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