Allium caesium
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Template:Speciesbox Allium caesium is a plant species native to central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It grows in deserts and dry fields at elevations of 700–2000 m.<ref name="asdf88asdf80">Flora of China v 24 p 199</ref>
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.<ref name="asdf88asdf80"/><ref>Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1844. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 113.</ref><ref>Regel, Eduard August von. 1873. Gartenflora 22:236.</ref>
