Английская Википедия:Allium caesium

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Allium caesium, light blue garlic, is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It grows in deserts and dry fields at elevations of Шаблон:Convert.[1]

Allium caesium is typically about Шаблон:Convert tall, and grows best in full sun to partial shade.[2] It produces round bulbs up to 15 mm across. The scapes are up to Шаблон:Convert tall. The leaves are round in cross-section, and slightly shorter than the scapes. The flowers are sky-blue.[1][3][4] They typically appear in the summer (June to August in England) and attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies.[5] The Latin specific epithet caesium means “grey-blue”.[6]

In cultivation in the UK, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[7] In the US it is suitable for hardiness zones 4-7.[8]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Flora of China v 24 p 199
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  3. Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1844. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2: 113.
  4. Regel, Eduard August von. 1873. Gartenflora 22:236.
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