''Allium hymenorhizum'' is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the

amaryllis family The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fami ...

. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 mFlora of China v 24 p 188 北疆韭 bei jiang jiu ''Allium hymenorhizum''
/ref> ''Allium hymenorhizum'' has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 90 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, less than 6 mm wide but almost as long as the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many red flowers.Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae eipzigser. 1, 13: 32.

Varieties

Varieties include:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> * ''Allium hymenorhizum'' var. ''dentatum'' J.M.Xu - Xinjiang * ''Allium hymenorhizum'' var. ''hymenorhizum'' -

European Russia European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть России, label=none) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the cou ...

Altay Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and ...

, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Xinjiang, Mongolia ;Formerly included ''Allium hymenorhizum'' var. ''tianschanicum'' (Rupr.) Regel, now called '' Allium tianschanicum'' ''Rupr.''

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* * {{Taxonbar, from1=Q55738348, from2=Q4268571 hymenorhizum Onions Flora of Turkey Flora of Iran Flora of Afghanistan Flora of Central Asia Flora of East European Russia Flora of Altai (region) Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Mongolia Plants described in 1830 Taxa named by Carl Friedrich von Ledebour