Allium caesium

Allium caesium, light blue garlic, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It grows in deserts and dry fields at elevations of 700–2000 m.[2]

Allium caesium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. caesium
Binomial name
Allium caesium
Schrenk
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium aemulans Pavlov
  • Allium azureum Bunge
  • Allium caeruleum Stschegl.
  • Allium renardii Regel
  • Allium urceolatum Regel

Allium caesium produces round bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scapes are up to 65 cm tall. Leaves are round in cross-section, slightly shorter than the scapes. Flowers are sky-blue.[2][3][4] The Latin specific epithet caesium means “grey-blue”.[5]

In cultivation in the UK, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6]

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. Flora of China v 24 p 199
  3. Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1844. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 113.
  4. Regel, Eduard August von. 1873. Gartenflora 22:236.
  5. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  6. "Allium caesium". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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