Allium elegantulum

Allium elegantulum is a species of onions endemic to the province of Liaoning northeastern China.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The plant grows on cliffs and in other rocky or sandy places.Flora of China v 24 p 185 雅韭 ya jiu Allium elegantulum

Allium elegantulum produces a cluster of narrow bulbs rarely more than 5 mm across. Scapes are up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Tepals are white to pale pink with a darker red midvein.Kitagawa, Masao. 1935. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo, Sect. IV, Pt. 2, Contributions to the Cognition of the Flora Manshuricae 2: 98.

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