Allium farctum

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Allium farctum is an Asian species of onions found high in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 70 cm tall, producing a bulb up to 25 mm across. Flowers are white, borne in a tightly packed hemispheric umbel.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064546 Flora of Pakistan][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=94ED4F88A29EE6F5507446017EEDCF22?name_id=295530 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Wendelbo, Per Erland Berg. 1967. Nytt Magasin for Botanik 14: 101.Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.