Allium chinense

{{Short description|Species of Allium}}

{{about|a plant with the Japanese name rakkyō|the film series|Kara no Kyōkai}}

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|name=Chinese onion

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| image = Allium chinense1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Brummitt, N. |date=2013 |title=Allium chinense |volume=2013 |page=e.T44392537A44396666 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T44392537A44396666.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| taxon = Allium chinense

| parent = Allium subg. Cepa

| authority = G.Don.{{Cite web |title=Allium chinense |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295288 |access-date=2013-05-28}}

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|Allium bakeri Regel

|Allium bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot

|Allium exsertum Baker 1874, illegitimate homonym not G. Don 1827

|Allium martini H.Lév. & Vaniot

|Allium splendens Miq. 1867, illegitimate homonym not Willd. 1830

|Caloscordum exsertum Herb.

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Allium chinense (also known as Chinese onion,Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database: [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Allium.html#dic8.0 Allium.] University of Melbourne. Updated 3 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014. Chinese scallion, glittering chive,{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=Korea National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=347 |access-date=17 December 2016 |via=Korea Forest Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 }} Japanese scallion, Kiangsi scallion, and Oriental onion) is an edible species of Allium, native to China, and cultivated in many other countries.{{Cite web |title=Allium chinense in Flora of China @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027461 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=www.efloras.org}} Its close relatives include the onion, scallion, leek, chive, and garlic.{{cite book|author=Block, E.|title=Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AB89RHV9ucC|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|year=2010|isbn=978-0-85404-190-9}}