Northern plain chive facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Allium sacculiferum
Scientific classification
Genus:	Allium
Species:	sacculiferum
Synonyms
Synonymy Allium deltoidefistulosum S.O.Yu, S.Lee & W.T.Lee Allium japonicum Regel 1875, illegitimate homonym not (Thunb.) Steud. 1840 Allium komarovianum Vved. Allium ophiopogon H.Lév. Allium sacculiferum var. viviparum Satake Allium yuchuanii Y.Z.Zhao & J.Y.Chao

Allium sacculiferum, also called northern plain chive or triangular chive, is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan, Korea, eastern Russia (Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk, Primorye), and northeastern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). It is found along the banks of lakes and rivers at elevations less than 500 m.

Allium sacculiferum makes one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 70 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 5 mm across. Umbels are spherical, with many flowers crowded together. Tepals are lilac to reddish-violet with darker midveins.