Allium strictum is a Eurasian species of wild onion. Its native range extends from France to Yakutia.Flora of China v 24 p 181 辉韭 hui jiu Allium strictumAltervista Flora Italiana, Aglio sottile, Allium strictumKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
Allium strictum produces one or two bulbs, each up to 8 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, shorter than the scape, about 4 mm wide. Umbels are spherical with many flowers crowded together. Tepals are rose-pink or reddish-purple with a dark purple midvein.Schrader, Heinrich Adolph. 1809. Hortus Gottingensis seu plantae novae et rariores horti regii botanici 7, plate 1.Czerepanov, S. K. 1981. Sosud. Rast. SSSR 509 pages. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otd-nie, Leningrad. It grows on stony slopes and cliffs.
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External links USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allium strictum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2012-04-08.