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Quick facts for kids Strict Onion Aglio sottile 北韭 bei jiu

Herbarium specimen of Allium lineare
Scientific classification
Genus:	Allium
Species:	lineare
Synonyms
Allium christii Janka Allium confertum Fisch. Allium deflexum Willd. Allium halleri Crantz Allium tortuosum Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Porrum lineare (L.) Raf.

Allium lineare is a Eurasian species of wild onions with a wide range extending from France to Mongolia.

Allium lineare has one or two bulbs each up to 15 cm across. Scape is up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, very narrow, rarely more than 5 mm across. Flowers red.

formerly included

Allium lineare var. maackii Maxim., now called Allium maackii (Maxim.) Prokh. ex Kom.
Allium lineare var. strictum (Schrad.) Trevir., now called Allium strictum Schrad.

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