Flora of Xinjiang

Iris curvifolia is a plant species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris, and in the Psammiris section. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from China. It has sickle-shaped long leaves, short stem and yellow or bright yellow flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.

Alisma nanum is a species of plant in the Alismataceae. It is endemic to Xinjiang in western China, where it grows in marshes at elevations of about 600 m.

Allium pevtzovii is a Chinese species of wild onion found only in the southwestern part of Xinjiang Uygur Province in extreme western China. Allium pevtzovii has a cluster of narrow, cylindrical bulbs. Scapes are up to 25 cm (9.8 in) tall. Umbel is a dense cluster of red, lustrous flowers.

Allium juldusicola is a rare species of wild onion apparently endemic to western part of Xinjiang Province in China. Allium juldusicola produces a single egg-shaped bulb about 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are flat, very narrow. Umbel is spherical, with a large number of white flowers.

Allium grisellum is a plant species endemic to Xinjiang. It is known from one location in a meadow near Toksun Xian, southeast of Urumqi, at an elevation of about 300 m. Allium grisellum forms clumps of egg-shaped bulbs about 10 mm across. Scapes are up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves narrow, about as long as the scape but only 10–15 mm wide. Umbels have only a few flowers; tepals white with a purple midvein.

Pyrus armeniacifolia, also known as the apricot-leaved pear, is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is known from northern Xinjiang, where it is cultivated near Tacheng. The species was formally described by Tse Tsun Yu in 1963.

Gypsophila spinosa is a plant species in the genus Gypsophila.

Gagea stepposa is a Chinese flowering plant in the lily family. It is found only in the northern part of Xinjiang Province in northwestern China. Gagea stepposa is a bulb-forming herb up to 6 cm tall. Flowers are yellow-orange from the front, dark purple from the back.

Fritillaria yuminensis is a plant species native to the northwestern part of Xinjiang Province in northwestern China. It grows in open grassy hillsides at elevations of 1,000–3,500 m (3,300–11,500 ft). It is a bulb-producing perennial with a purple stem up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. The flowers are pendent, nodding, bell-shaped, and either pink or blue with no markings.

Fritillaria tortifolia is a flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is found only in the northwestern part of Xinjiang Province, the extreme northwestern corner of China. Fritillaria tortifolia produces bulbs up to 30 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 100 cm tall. The flowers are pendent, nodding, bell-shaped, whitish or very pale yellow with purple or brown markings. formerly included In 1989, Duan & Zheng recognized several taxa at the varietal level, none of which is accepted in more recent sources. Some are now regarded as synonymous with Fritillaria tortifolia (see

Allium megalobulbon is a rare species of wild onion found only in the western part of Xinjiang Province in western China. Allium megalobulbon has long, narrow bulbs up to 10 cm long and 10–15 mm wide. Scapes are up to 40 cm long. Leaves are flat. Umbels are densely packed with many pink flowers.

Taraxacum centrasiaticum is a rare and little-known species of dandelion known only from alpine meadows at an elevation of 3,400–3,500 m (11,200–11,500 ft) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China.

Carex taldycola is a sedge that is native to western parts of China.

Anzhengxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Anzhengxia yechengnica, an annual or perennial native to Xinjiang province in western China, where it grows in subalpine habitats.

Anzhengxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Anzhengxia yechengnica, an annual or perennial native to Xinjiang province in western China, where it grows in subalpine habitats.

Allium caespitosum is a plant species native to Xinjiang and Kazakhstan in Central Asia. It grows in desert regions, very often in sandy locales. Allium caespitosum produces clumps of small bulbs. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 20 cm tall. Leaves are very narrow, shorter than the scape. Flowers are white or pale pink.

Astragalus cysticalyx is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae.

Fritillaria thunbergii is a flowering plant species in the lily family Liliaceae. It is native to Kazakhstan and in Xinjiang Province of western China, though cultivated in other places and naturalized in Japan and in other parts of China. Fritillaria thunbergii produces bulbs up to 30 mm in diameter. The stem is up to 80 cm tall. The flowers are pale yellow, sometimes with a purple tinge or purple markings. The specific epithet thunbergii honors the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg, who collected many plants in Japan in the 18th century. formerly included Fritillaria thunbergii var.

Pyrus phaeocarpa, the dusky pear or orange pear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the Loess Plateau of northern China. A wide tree reaching at most 7–8 m (23–26 ft) in height, it is hardy to USDA zone 5, or perhaps even zone 4. Its small yellow to brown fruit are edible, and its Autumn foliage is bright orange to orange-red, giving it good potential as an ornamental. Its chloroplast genome shows that it is closely related to Pyrus pashia, the wild Himalayan pear, and it is suspected to be a hybrid of P. betulifolia, the birchleaf pear, P. pyrifolia, the apple

Allium tekesicola is a plant species endemic to the Ili River Basin in Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. Allium tekesicola produces one or occasionally 2 bulbs, each up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are shorter than the scape, very narrow. Umbels have only a few red flowers.

Gagea neopopovii is an Asian species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Xinjiang and Kazakhstan Gagea neopopovii is a bulb-forming perennial up to 12 cm tall. Flowers look yellow from the front, dark reddish-purple from the rear.

Allium sairamense is a plant species native to Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. It grows in Abies forests at elevations of 2400–3400 m. Allium sairamense produces one round bulb up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbel has many purple flowers crowded together.

Allium roborowskianum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang and Mongolia. It grows at elevations of 1,000–1,300 m. Allium roborowskianum produces one round bulb up to 25 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat. linear, shorter than the scape, up to 15 mm across. Umbels are hemispherical, crowded with many white or lilac flowers. Some authors consider Allium sinkiangense F.T.Wang & Y.C.Tang to be synonymous with A. roborowskianum, but the World Checklist accepts them as distinct species.

Pterygostemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pterygostemon spathulatus, which is native to Kazakhstan and Xinjiang.

Erigeron leioreades is an Asian species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows in spruce forests and alpine meadows in Siberia, Xinjiang, and Kazakhstan. Erigeron leioreades is a perennial, clump-forming herb up to 37 cm (15 inches) tall, forming underground rhizomes. Its flower heads have lilacray florets surrounding yellow disc florets.

Pterygostemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pterygostemon spathulatus, which is native to Kazakhstan and Xinjiang.

Caelestium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. It includes two species of subshrubs native to Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang in central Asia. Caelestium lazkovii (Yurtseva & Mavrodiev) Yurtseva & Mavrodiev – Kyrgyzstan Caelestium tianschanicum (Chang Y.Yang) Yurtseva & Mavrodiev – Xinjiang

Phlomoides sagittata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a perennial native to Kyrgyzstan (Terskey Ala-too range) and Xinjiang in central Asia. It is a perennial rhizomatous herb, growing 20 to 70 cm tall. It flowers from May to June and fruits in July and August. It typically grows in river valleys, meadows, or on grassy slopes between 1000 and 1400 meters elevation. The species was first described as Phlomis sagittata by Eduard August von Regel in 1879. Regel later placed it in genus Ballota and it was subsequently placed in the monotypic genera Metastachys and

Euphorbia lathyris, the caper spurge or paper spurge, is a species of spurge native to Asia in western China, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan and introduced elsewhere. Other names occasionally used include gopher spurge, gopher plant or mole plant.

Picea schrenkiana, Schrenk's spruce, or Asian spruce, is a spruce native to the Tian Shan mountains of Central Asia (in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) and also to western China (Xinjiang). It grows at elevations of 1,200–3,500 m (3,900–11,500 ft), usually in pure forests, sometimes mixed with the Tien Shan variety of Siberian fir (Abies sibirica var. semenovii). Its name was given in honour of Alexander von Schrenk (1816–1876).