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'''''Allium macranthum''''' is a [[Asia]]n species of wild [[onion]] native to [[Bhutan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Gansu]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Sichuan]] and [[Tibet]]. It grows in wet places at elevations of 2700–4200 m.<ref name="freetibet">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027500 Flora of China v 24 p 176 ''Allium macranthum'']</ref><ref>Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh</ref><ref>[http://cms.cnr.edu.bt/plantdb/index.php?c=items&s=more&id=71 Digital Flora of Bhutan, ''Allium macranthum'']</ref>
'''''Allium macranthum''''' is an [[Asia]]n species of wild [[onion]] native to [[Bhutan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Gansu]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Sichuan]] and [[Tibet]]. It grows in wet places at elevations of 2700–4200 metres.<ref name="freetibet">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027500 Flora of China v 24 p 176 ''Allium macranthum'']</ref><ref>Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh</ref><ref>[http://cms.cnr.edu.bt/plantdb/index.php?c=items&s=more&id=71 Digital Flora of Bhutan, ''Allium macranthum'']</ref>


''Allium macranthum'' has short, thick roots and a cylindrical bulb. [[Scape (botany)|Scapes]] are up to 60&nbsp;cm tall. Leaves are flat, long, and thin, about the same length as the scapes but less than 2&nbsp;cm across. [[Umbels]] have only a few purple, bell-shaped flowers.<ref name="freetibet"/><ref>[http://www.botanicus.org/page/1897160 Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 293.]</ref><ref>Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 658.</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7036#page/297/mode/1up Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé. 1913. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 12(325–330): 288.]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/56789 line drawing of ''Allium macranthum'', Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 170, 1-4 ]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=100178525 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bhutan, ''Allium macranthum'']</ref>
''Allium macranthum'' has short, thick roots and a cylindrical bulb. [[Scape (botany)|Scapes]] are up to 60&nbsp;cm tall. Leaves are flat, long, and thin, about the same length as the scapes but less than 2&nbsp;cm across. [[Umbels]] have only a few purple, bell-shaped flowers.<ref name="freetibet"/><ref>[http://www.botanicus.org/page/1897160 Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 293.]</ref><ref>Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 658.</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7036#page/297/mode/1up Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé. 1913. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 12(325–330): 288.]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/56789 line drawing of ''Allium macranthum'', Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 170, 1-4 ]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=100178525 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bhutan, ''Allium macranthum'']</ref>

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. macranthum
Binomial name
Allium macranthum
Synonyms[1][2]

Allium macranthum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Bhutan, Sikkim, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Tibet. It grows in wet places at elevations of 2700–4200 metres.[3][4][5]

Allium macranthum has short, thick roots and a cylindrical bulb. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long, and thin, about the same length as the scapes but less than 2 cm across. Umbels have only a few purple, bell-shaped flowers.[3][6][7][8][9][10]

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