Taxon: Allium caeruleum Pall.

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Allium

Section:

Caerulea

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2238

Place of publication:

Reise russ. Reich. 2:737. 1773

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

11-ene-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-ene-2007

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Allium caeruleum var. bulbiferum (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

(=) Allium azureum Ledeb.
(=) Allium viviparum Kar. & Kir.

Common names:

blue allium (Source: Zander ed17) - English
blue-of-the-heavens (Source: Pl Names) - English
ail azuré (Source: Zander ed17) - French
Blaulauch (Source: Zander ed17) - German
sibirischer Enzianlauch (Source: Zander ed17) - German
azurlök (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (for floral arrangements fide Zander ed13; Eur Gard F)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
CHINA: China [Xinjiang]

Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000- (F Siberia)
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- (Eur Gard F)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Allium caeruleum Pall. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2238. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.