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Allium platyspathum
Scientific classification
Genus:
Allium
Species:
platyspathum
Synonyms
  • Allium amblyophyllum Kar. & Kir.
  • Allium platyspathum var. majus Ledeb.
  • Allium alataviense Regel

Allium platyspathum is an Asian species of wild onion. It has been reported from Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Altay Krai, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan. It grows in damp locations at elevations of 1900–3700 m.

Allium platyspathum usually produces a single egg-shaped bulb up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are flat, linear, up to 20 mm across, about the same length as the scape. Umbel is a densely packed cluster of pink or lilac flowers.

Varieties
formerly included

Allium platyspathum var. falcatum Regel, now called Allium carolinianum Redouté

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