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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Palustris on July 26, 2013, 01:07:26 PM

Title: ?Allium senescens
Post by: Palustris on July 26, 2013, 01:07:26 PM

Can any one confirm or not as the case may be?
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TIA

Title: Re: ?Allium senescens
Post by: TheOnionMan on July 26, 2013, 05:08:26 PM

Looks like a form of European Allium senescens ssp. montanum, green-leaved versus the Asian forms of A. senescens that are typically gray-leaved.  The European "senescens" has reverted back to an earlier name, and is now known as Allium lusitanicum. The plant is not only very variable, it'll hybridize with just about any other rhizomatous Allium nearby, so senescens-like hybrids are very common in horticulture.  The plant shown is a lovely one.

Title: Re: ?Allium senescens
Post by: Palustris on July 26, 2013, 05:49:17 PM

Thank-you kindly ,sir.