Allium clathratum Ledeb.

Bulb solitary or paired, cylindric-conical, 0.7--1 cm wide; tunic grayish brown, reticulate. Leaves usually shorter than scape, 0.5--1.5 mm wide, semiterete, margin smooth. Spathe persistent; beak very short. Umbel usually hemispheric, many flowered. Pedicels subequal, very slender, 2--3(or more) × as long as perianth, bracteolate. Perianth pink or pale pink; segments with dark red midvein, broadly linear or narrowly lanceolate, 4--5 × 1--1.5 mm, apex obtusely triangular. Filaments 1.5--2 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate; inner ones broadened at base, entire or with 1 or 2 teeth on each side. Ovary subglobose, with concave nectaries at base. Style long exserted; stigma punctiform. Fl. Jun. 2 n = 16, 32.

Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia].

Mostly dry slopes, cliffs; 400--2000 m.

Allium clathratum is a species of onions native to temperate Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Siberia (Tuva, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, and Altay Krai)). It grows on dry slopes and cliff faces at elevations of 400–2000 m.

Allium clathratum produces narrow bulbs rarely more than 10m mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, with many pink flowers.