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Allium xiangchengense

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Monocots

Family
  
Amaryllidaceae

Rank
  
Species

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Allioideae

Allium xiangchengense is a plant species endemic to the Sichuan region in southern China. It grows there at an elevation of approximately 3300 m.

Allium xiangchengense has thick, fleshy roots and clumps of narrow bulbs each less than 5 mm across. Scape is up to 30 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, lanceolate, narrowing toward the tip, up to 2 cm across at the widest point, shorter than the scape. Umbel is spherical. Tepals are white, sometimes 2-lobed.

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Allium xiangchengense Wikipedia