Allium tulipifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Altay Krai.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is found at elevations of 600–1000 m.Flora of China v 24 p 200 郁金叶蒜 yu jin ye suan Allium tulipifoliumMalyschev L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Лук тюльпанолистный. Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
Allium tulipifolium has round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, waxy, up to 2 cm across, much shorter than scape, with a pink or dark green margin. Umbel has many flowers, the tepals white with dark green or purple mid-veins.Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 9.
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External links line drawing of Allium tulipifolium, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 229, 1-4 photo of isotype of Allium tulipifolium, herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden