Allium yanchiense is a plant species endemic to China, reported from Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Shanxi. It grows at elevations of 1300–2000 m.[1]
| 白花薤 bai hua xie | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. yanchiense
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium yanchiense Xu, Jie Mei
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Allium yanchiense has clusters of egg-shaped bulbs each up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about 2 mm across, shorter than the scape. Umbel is spherical, crowded with many white or pinkish flowers.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 196, Allium yanchiense
- ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 286, pl. 85.