Victory onion, for the type
Allium victorialis L. subsp. platyphyllum Hulten [Liliaceae]
APG: Alliaceae
Ainunegi / Gyoujaninniku (アイヌネギ, 愛努葱 / ギョウジャニンニク, 行者大蒜)
Ainu language: kito or pukusa
Lifeform: bulbous prennial herb
Distribution: northern China - eastern Siberia - Korea- Japan (Honshu - Hokkaido) - Alaska
Habitat: wetlands in needle-leaved and mixed forests
Chromosome number: 2n = 16, and 32
Wild vegetable: popular edible plant in Hokkaido
Allium victorialis
A. victorialis L. (ギョウジャニンニク, s.l.)
A. victorialis L. subsp. platyphyllum Hulten (ギョウジャニンニク, s.s.)
Synonyms
A. microdictyon Prokh.
A. latissimum Prokh.
A. ochotense Prokh.
A. victorialis L. var. asiaticum Nakai
A. victorialis L. var. platyphyllum (Hulten) Makino
Allium victorialis in Hokkaido
[Left] a patch. [Rgiht] slightly close-up. Close to a creek in Teshio Experimental Forest, Hokkaido University, on June 15 2011.
References
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習 [fauna and flora 出現種リスト]
- HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan
flora list - Nature in the eco-campus of HU - introduction to botany (北大エコキャンパスの自然 - 植物学入門)