Allium subangulatum

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|name = 紫花韭 zi hua jiu

|taxon = Allium subangulatum

|parent = Allium subg. Rhizirideum

|authority = Regel

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Allium subangulatum is a Chinese species of wild onion, native to Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai Provinces.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001062 Flora of China v 24 p 184 紫花韭 zi hua jiu Allium subangulatum][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296700 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Allium subangulatum produces a cluster of narrow bulbs, each up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 35 cm tall. Leaves are long and very narrow, shorter than the scape and usually less than 1 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric with many flowers crowded together. Tepals reddish-purple with darker red midvein.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15903456#page/341/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 340] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15903456#page/400/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): plate V (5), figure 1 at left] line drawing of Allium subangulatum