Allium ovalifolium
{{short description|Species of plant}}
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|name = 卵叶山葱
luan ye shan cong
|taxon = Allium ovalifolium
|parent = Allium subg. Anguinum
|authority = Hand.-Mazz.
|synonyms=*Allium prattii var. latifoliatum F.T.Wang & Tang
- Allium cordifolium J.M.Xu
|synonyms_ref=[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296173 Kew World Checklist of selected Plant Families]
}}
Allium ovalifolium is a Chinese species of onion widely cultivated as an ornamental in other regions. It grows at elevations of 1500–4000 m.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027510 Flora of China v 24 p 173 卵叶山葱 luan ye shan cong Allium ovalifolium] The Tibetan people of Shangri-La and nearby areas eat its scapes.{{cite journal |last1=Ju |first1=Yan |last2=Zhuo |first2=Jingxian |last3=Liu |first3=Bo |last4=Long |first4=Chunlin |date=19 April 2013 |title=Eating from the wild: Diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China |url= |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |volume=9 |issue=28 |page=28 |doi=10.1186/1746-4269-9-28 |pmid=23597086 |pmc=3648497 |doi-access=free }}
Allium ovalifolium produces narrow cylindrical bulbs. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, lanceolate to ovate, up to 15 cm long by 7 cm wide. Umbel is spherical, densely crowded with many white or pale red flowers.Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich Raphael Eduard von. 1924. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Anzeiger. 60: 101
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