Allium clathratum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|name = Allium clathratum

|image = Allium_clathratum_151390480.jpg

|taxon = Allium clathratum

|parent = Allium subg. Reticulatobulbosa

|authority = Ledeb.

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Allium clathratum is a species of onions native to temperate Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Siberia (Tuva, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, and Altay Krai)). It grows on dry slopes and cliff faces at elevations of 400–2000 m.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001017 Flora of China v 24 p 181.][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295318 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Grubov, V.I. (2001). Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia 1: 1-411. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA. Plymouth, U.K.Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

Allium clathratum produces narrow bulbs rarely more than 10m mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, with many pink flowers.Karl Friedrich von Ledebour. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 18.