Allium strictum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Bulb
The leaves and bulbs are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows on stony slopes and cliffs between 400-1,500 m above sea level in north China.
Asia, Central Asia, China, Europe, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia,
How to Identify
An onion herb. There can be one or two bulbs. They are 5-8 mm across. The leaves are narrow and 3-5 mm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allium strictum is a Eurasian species of wild onion. Its native range extends from France to Yakutia. Allium strictum produces one or two bulbs, each up to 8 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, shorter than the scape, about 4 mm wide. Umbels are spherical with many flowers crowded together. Tepals are rose-pink or reddish-purple with a dark purple midvein. It grows on stony slopes and cliffs.
Notes
They have also been put in the family Alliaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Xiaosun
References (3)
- Jia, X., et al, 2022, Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 18:53
- Seidemann J., 2005, World Spice Plants. Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p 26
- Urgamal, M., et al, 2014, Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Mongolia. Mongolia Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and National University of Mongolia Department of Biology. p 48
