Allium caespitosum Siev. ex Bong. & C. A. Mey.

Bulbs laxly clustered, cylindric, attached to a horizontal, elongate rhizome; tunic grayish brown, membranous, laciniate. Leaves shorter than scape, ca. 1 mm wide, semiterete. Scape 9--20 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 1-valved, persistent. Umbel hemispheric. Pedicels 1--1.5 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth white, usually tinged with pink; segments elliptic to ovate, 6--7 × 3--4 mm, apex obtuse; inner ones slightly longer than outer. Filaments subequal, 2/3--3/4 as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate; inner ones narrowly ovate for ca. 1/2 their length. Ovary subglobose, without concave nectaries at base. Style not exserted. Fl. and fr. Jun--Aug.

Deserts, sandy places. N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan].

Allium caespitosum is a plant species native to Xinjiang and Kazakhstan in Central Asia. It grows in desert regions, very often in sandy locales.

Allium caespitosum produces clumps of small bulbs. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 20 cm tall. Leaves are very narrow, shorter than the scape. Flowers are white or pale pink.