Allium decumbens

Yatık soğan

Bulb ovoid, 1.5–4 cm length × 1.2–2.5 cm wide; outer tunics membranous, grey, brown, falling quickly; inner tunics membranous, white; no bulblet. Scape 10–17 cm length, 2–2.2 mm wide, decumbent, zigzag or s-shaped. Leaves 2, hollow, 7-sided, keeled, and horn shaped, only edges scabrid; lower leaf are wider, 6.5–12 cm length, 0.2–0.4 cm wide, pointed at the tip, up to 1/3 of the trunk, mostly s-like curved, sometimes exceed the umbel; upper leaf are thinner and shorter, pointed, mostly uncurved, 3.5–5.5 cm length, 0.2-0.3 cm wide. Leaf sheath, 7-sided, keeled, up to 1/3–9/10 of stem, sometimes below the umbel, vagina membranous. Umbel generally globose or subglobose, 2.5-4.5 cm diameter, sparse, 20-100 flowered. Spathe 1-valved, c. 4 cm, caducous, broad at the base, narrowing suddenly towards the apex. Pedicels glabrous, almost equal, up to 1-3 × perigone , upper part is clavate; Bracteoles united around the outer pedicels, upper part is swollen. Perigon 4-5.25 × 3–3.1 mm, ovoid, ovoid-lanceolate, conical, slightly curved back at tip; tepals greenish, smooth, edges and base white, middle parts light green, not tough, midrib unclear, edges are thin, the middle is meaty and juicy; outer tepals 3.75-5 mm length × 2.25-2.75 mm, smooth, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute to obtuse at apex, cymbiform; inner tepals 4-5.25 × 2-2.75 mm, smooth, ovate or orbicular-ovate, obtuse at apex. Stamens exserted, leans outwards; filaments white, glabrous at base; outer filament simple, subulate, 2.75-6.25 × 0.5 mm; inner filament tricuspidate 3- 6.25 × 1.1-1. 5 mm; median cusps 1-2.25 mm, shorter lateral cusps; basal lamina 3.5-4 mm length. Anthers 1.5-1.75 mm length, 0.75 mm wide, creamy yellow, slightly verrucous. Pistil 4-6 mm length; style 2-3.75 mm length, exceeds the perigon; ovary 2.25-3 × 1.75-2 mm, ovate-pyriform shaped, papillose, 3 carpel and trilocular, each loculus bearing 2 seed.

Endemic.