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Allium delicatulum
Scientific classification
Genus:
Allium
Species:
delicatulum
Synonyms
  • Allium dolonkarense Regel
  • Allium pusillum Willd.
  • Allium stenophyllum Regel ex Herder
  • Allium viridulum Kar. & Kir.
  • Allium willdenowii Kunth

Allium delicatulum is a Eurasian species of onion native to European Russia, Western Siberia, Xinjiang, and Kazakhstan. It grows in open grasslands and deserts.

Allium delicatulum produces round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scapes are up to 25 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are round and hollow, shorter than the scapes. Flowers have white or pink tepals with dark red midveins.

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