Allium wallichii is a plant species native to India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, and parts of China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Xizang, Yunnan). It grows at elevations of 2300–4800 m.Flora of China v 24 p 175
Allium wallichii has elongate roots and clusters of narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 110 cm tall, triangular in cross-section. Leaves are flat, up to 20 mm across, usually shorter than the scape. Flowers are white, pink, red, dark purple (sometimes almost black).Karl Sigismund Kunth. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 443.Zhu, Zheng Yin. 1991. Bulletin of Botanical Research. Harbin 11(1): 33., as Allium liangshanense
Varieties Two varieties of the species are generally accepted:
Allium wallichii var. wallichii --- Leaves not narrowed into a petiole at the base
Allium wallichii var. platyphyllum (Diels) J.M.XuXu, Jie Mei. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing 14: 211. --- Leaves are narrowed into a petiole at the base --- found only in Yunnan
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