Allium tanguticum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|name = 唐古薤 tang gu xie

|taxon = Allium tanguticum

|parent = Allium subg. Allium

|authority = Regel

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Allium tanguticum is a Chinese species of wild onion native to Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet. It grows at elevations of about 2000–3500 m.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027540 Flora of China v 24 p 197 唐古薤 tang gu xie Allium tanguticum][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296752 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Allium tanguticum produces one round to egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 4 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, with many purple flowers crowded together.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15903431#page/318/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 317-318] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15903431#page/397/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): plate 2, figure 1 at left] line drawing of Allium tanguticum[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/58134 Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 223, 1-3 at right] line drawing of Allium tanguticum