The Onion family includes approximately 30 genera that contain about 650 plant species. They are common among all continents, with the exception of Australia. Many species are inhabitants of the forest.
What are they, Onions?
The plant of the Onion family seems to be perennial, herbaceous and has a bisexual flower, which forms bulbs, roots with a specific aroma. This smell is caused by the release of volatile oils - volatile oils that have the ability to destroy pathogens and other parasites. In this regard, the Onion family is known for widespread use in medicine. The root system consists of thin filiform, and sometimes thickened roots.
How Onions Bloom
A flower of the onion family is brought to the surface using an arrow, which quite often has the appearance of a leafy stem.
This is due to the fact that the inner leaves envelop the arrow up to its upper part. Leaves of plants can have a different, unlike each other form. Thus, they can be fanned, oval, linear, lanceolate. Certain species have cuttings on which leaves are located, in some they are absent. Flowers of the family are unisexual, have corollas with perianth (white, blue, pink). Perianth have six petals, which can be fused or free. In addition, the flower consists of six stamens, one petal and three carpels.
Inflorescences are capitate multi-flowered umbrellas. After the ripening process takes place, the formation of the fetus takes place - a box that is opened through the nests. Each box may have one or more seeds. An umbrella contains a large number of boxes, so a lot of seed is formed, and reproduction occurs mainly due to all the same seeds. They are able to be carried by the wind or in the process of eating animals.
Method number two
The Onion family, any of its representatives, has the ability to reproduce directly onions.
The flowering process itself requires peace, which is regulated by constant watering. Representatives of the class, which grow at temperate latitudes, require a decrease in temperature for the flowering process, but for our house plants this condition is completely optional. Onions do not proceed to the flowering process until a certain height is reached. If there is a need for rapid flowering, then the plant should be carefully fed. Feeding containing minerals is best suited, but for some representatives, slurry will serve as the best feeding.
It is possible to distinguish between different plants, based on the appearance. Single bulbs will be rounded and juicy, and those that grow from a common rhizome will be elongated and narrow.
What are onions used for?
The Onion family has many representatives who are valuable and decorative. Humanity uses certain types directly for food, as well as spices, spices, and even as a medicine.
Both leaves and bulbs contain vitamins and minerals. Little is known that specialists count more than one thousand varieties of garden onions only. Their taste can be sharp, sweet, semi-sweet.
The formula of the Onion family looks like this: * ♂♀ ₃₊₃ ₃₊₃ G₍₃₎. The fruit is a box that opens through the nests.
More recently, onions and all its “relatives” were part of the Liliaceae family. However, a science that is constantly evolving has found facts that made it possible to distinguish plants in a separate class. One of the main symptoms is smell. The species under consideration provide the population of all countries with medicinal and edible plants. The most important and irreplaceable representatives are the onions themselves , leeks, leeks and other famous brethren.
Recently, decorative onions are often used as cut flowers. Dutch suppliers are popularizing such members of the class as molly onions, giant, loving and others. Tropical, subtropical representatives, of which there are a limited number in our market, are suitable for our room conditions.