Allium chrysocephalum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulb ?
The bulb is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows on damp meadows between 3,400-4,800 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
Asia, China,
How to Identify
An onion family plant. It has a single bulb. This is cylinder shaped It is 1 cm across. The leaves are narrow and 3-10 mm wide. The stalk is 5-25 cm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allium chrysocephalum is a plant species native to China, in the provinces Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan. It grows at elevations of 3400–4800 m. Allium chrysocephalum produces narrow cylindrical bulbs about 10 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 25 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, up to 10 mm across, about half the length of the scapes. Flowers are bright yellow.
Notes
There are about 300-700 Allium species. Most species of Allium are edible (Flora of China). All alliums are edible but they may not all be worth eating! They have also been put in the family Alliaceae.
References (1)
- "Chinese Nutrition Journal", 2002, Vol 23(8) p 298
