Allium hymenorhizum is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the amaryllis family. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 mFlora of China v 24 p 188 北疆韭 bei jiang jiu Allium hymenorhizumBiodiversity of Altai-Sayan Ecoregion, Allium hymenorhizum Ledeb., 1830. Fl. Altaic. 2: 12 - Лук плевокорнещный
Allium hymenorhizum has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 90 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, less than 6 mm wide but almost as long as the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many red flowers.Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 12–13.photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype ofAllium hymenorhizum Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae [Leipzig] ser. 1, 13: 32.
Varieties Varieties include:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Allium hymenorhizum var. dentatum J.M.Xu - Xinjiang Allium hymenorhizum var. hymenorhizum - European Russia, Altay Krai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Xinjiang, Mongolia
Formerly included Allium hymenorhizum var. tianschanicum (Rupr.) Regel, now called Allium tianschanicum Rupr.
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