Allium maackii facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Allium maackii
Scientific classification
Genus:	Allium
Species:	maackii
Synonyms
Allium lineare var. maackii Maxim. Allium prokhanovii (Vorosch.) Barkalov Allium splendens subsp. prokhanovii Vorosch.

Allium maackii is a species of wild onion native to northeastern Asia (Heilongjiang, Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands). It is found on cliff and steep hillsides at elevations of 200–500 m.

Allium maackii has cylindrical to egg-shaped bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow. Umbel has many flowers crowded together, each rose pink with a dark purple midstripe.

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