Siberian chives
Allium nutans
Plantae
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- Northern Eurasia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Rare
About
Siberian chives, or blue chives, are a species of onion native to Europe, Asia, and Russia. They grow in wet meadows and other damp locations.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
- Species
- Allium nutans