Details for: PI 483231, Allium sphaerocephalon L.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Allium sphaerocephalon L.

Origin:

Collected – Iran

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 1983

PI Assigned:

1984

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Inventory Volume:

192
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 483231 2002i SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Allium sphaerocephalon L.

Origin:

Collected – Iran

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 1983

PI Assigned:

1984

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Iran
Locality: Wheat field near Mashad
Elevation: 120m.

Donated

December 1983.
Colorado, United States

Donor(s):

Oldemeyer, R.K., Agricultural Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Plants 100-200cm tall. Heads 4-6cm diameter, spherical, maroon, July flowering.

Allium sphaerocephalon L.

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Allium

Section:

Allium

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2383

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:297. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

01/16/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Allium sphaerocephalon L. var. sphaerocephalon

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium descendens L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	ball-head onion	1	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English	round-head garlic	1	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English	round-head leek	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
French	ail à tête ronde	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Kugellauch	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Swedish	klotlök	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Common Name	Name commonly used for the species	RHL - Roundheaded leek (A. sphaerocephalon)	ALLIUM-WILD.COMNAM.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Anther Color	Color of the anthers at the open flower stage	YL - Yellow	ALLIUM-WILD.ANCOL.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flowering Ability	Simple indication if the accession initiates flowers. Does not imply that the plants produce seed.	+ - Yes	ALLIUM-WILD.FLABIL.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Day of First Flower	Actual Julian date for first flower	160	ALLIUM-WILD.DFLRF.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower Color	Color of fully opened flowers	RD - Red	ALLIUM-WILD.FLCOL.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flowers Per Umbel	Code estimate of flowers per umbel at >50% flowering stage	3 - 51 - 200 flowers per umbel	ALLIUM-WILD.FLPUM.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Umbel Diameter	Average of 5-10 umbels at the full flower stage measured in centimeters	7	ALLIUM-WILD.UMDIA.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Color	Color of the leaves at flowering stage	MG - Medium green	ALLIUM-WILD.LFCOL.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Erectness	Estimate of general leaf erectness at flowering stage	4 - 40% erect	ALLIUM-WILD.LFEREC.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Internal Structure	Description of the internal structure of the leaf cut midway up the leaf at flowering	S - Solid	ALLIUM-WILD.LFIST.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Length	Average leaf length of 5-10 plants at the flowering stage, or if the plants do not flower, before senescence measured in centimeters.	25	ALLIUM-WILD.LFLTH.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Cross Section	Description of typical leaf cross section	VS - V or keeled shaped	ALLIUM-WILD.LFXSEC.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Scape Diameter	Average diameter of the scape of 5-10 flowering plants at mid-scape (above swelling, if present) measured in millimeters	3	ALLIUM-WILD.SCDIA.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Scape Length	Average length of the scape of 5-10 flowering plants measured in centimeters	40	ALLIUM-WILD.SCLTH.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Scape Morphology	Indication of the curvature of the scape, taken after the scape has fully elongated, but before flowering	ST - Straight	ALLIUM-WILD.SCMOR.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Scape Cross Section	Description of the internal structure of the scape	S - Solid	ALLIUM-WILD.SCXSEC.YR.WRPIS	PI 483231 94i SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.16	ALLIUM-WILD.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 483231 2002i SD