''Allium obliquum'', common name lop-sided onion or twisted-leaf onion, is a

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with a range extending from

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. It is also widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. ''Allium obliquum'' produces an egg-shaped bulb up to 3 cm long. Scape is up to 100 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 20 mm across. Umbels are spherical, with many yellow flowers crowded together.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 296.
/ref>Flora of China v 24 p 187 高葶韭 gao ting jiu ''Allium obliquum''
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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q4268511 obliquum Onions Flora of Eastern Europe Flora of temperate Asia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus