Allium hymenorhizum

Allium hymenorhizum is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the amaryllis family. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 m

Allium hymenorhizum has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 90 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, less than 6 mm wide but almost as long as the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many red flowers.

Varieties

Varieties include:

• Allium hymenorhizum var. dentatum <small>J.M.Xu</small> - Xinjiang
• Allium hymenorhizum var. hymenorhizum - European Russia, Altay Krai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Xinjiang, Mongolia

Allium hymenorhizum var. tianschanicum <small>(Rupr.) Regel,</small> now called Allium tianschanicum Rupr.

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