Allium tenuissimum

Allium tenuissimum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Mongolia, Asiatic Russia, Korea, Kazakhstan and China.

Allium tenuissimum produces a cluster of small, narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scapes, about 10 mm in diameter. Flowers are white or pink with a narrow red midvein along each of the tepals.

• Allium tenuissimum var. nalinicum <small>S.Chen</small> - Inner Mongolia
• Allium tenuissimum var. tenuissimum - most of specific range

• Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium, now called Allium anisopodium
• Allium tenuissimum f. zimmermannianum, now called Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum

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