Allium aciphyllum J. M. Xu

Bulbs clustered, cylindric, thickened at base, 0.8--1 cm in diam.; tunic dark brown, reticulate. Leaves subequaling scape, ca. 1 mm wide, adaxially channeled. Scape 15--25 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 1-valved, persistent. Umbel few flowered. Pedicels subequal, ca. 2 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth pale red; outer segments ovate, ca. 3.5 × 1.8 mm; inner ones oblong, ca. 4 × 2 mm. Filaments equal, ca. 1.25 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate; inner ones broadened at base for ca. 1 mm, 1-toothed on each side. Ovary obovoid-globose, with concave nectaries covered by hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted. Fl. Aug--Oct.

N Sichuan (Jinchuan Xian).

* Slopes; 2000--2100 m.

Allium aciphyllum, cammon name 针叶韭 zhen ye jiu, is a plant species native to Sichuan Province in China. It is found on slopes at elevations of 2000–2100 m.

Allium aciphyllum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is round in cross-section, up to 25 cm long, covered with leaf sheaths in lower portion. Leaves are about the same length as the scape. Flowers are pink.