Allium wallichii is a plant species native to India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, and parts of China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Xizang, Yunnan). It grows at elevations of 2300–4800 m.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Amerallium |
| Species: | A. wallichii
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Allium wallichii has elongate roots and clusters of narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 110 cm tall, triangular in cross-section. Leaves are flat, up to 20 mm across, usually shorter than the scape. Flowers are white, pink, red, dark purple (sometimes almost black).[1][3][4]
Varieties
editTwo varieties of the species are generally accepted:[1][2]
Allium wallichii var. wallichii --- Leaves not narrowed into a petiole at the base
Allium wallichii var. platyphyllum (Diels) J.M.Xu[5] --- Leaves are narrowed into a petiole at the base --- found only in Yunnan
References
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- ^ a b c The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 175
- ^ Karl Sigismund Kunth. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 443.
- ^ Zhu, Zheng Yin. 1991. Bulletin of Botanical Research. Harbin 11(1): 33., as Allium liangshanense
- ^ Xu, Jie Mei. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing 14: 211.