Allium schrenkii

单丝辉韭
dan si hui jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. schrenkii
Binomial name
Allium schrenkii
Regel
Synonyms[1][2]

Allium bogdoicola Regel

Allium schrenkii is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Siberia (Tuva, Altay Krai).[2] It grows on steep slopes at elevations of 2400–2800 m.[1][3]

Allium schrenkii produces a single bulb rarely more than 10 mm across. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are short, narrowly linear, shorter than the scape. Umbels are spherical wirh many purple flowers.[3][4]

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