{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |name = |image = Allium wallichii GotBot 2015 004.jpg |taxon = Allium wallichii |parent = Allium subg. Amerallium |authority = Kunth |synonyms=*''Allium bulleyanum'' <small>Diels</small> *''Allium bulleyanum'' var. ''tchongchanense'' <small>(H.Lév.) Airy Shaw</small> *''Allium caeruleum'' <small>Wall.</small> *''Allium feddei'' <small>H.Lév.</small> *''Allium liangshanense'' <small>Z.Y.Zhu</small> *''Allium polyastrum'' <small>Diels</small> *''Allium praelatitium'' <small>H.Lév.</small> *''Allium tchongchanense'' <small>H.Lév.</small> *''Allium violaceum'' <small>Wall. ex Regel</small> *''Allium wallichianum'' <small>Steud.</small> *''Allium wallichii'' var. ''albidum'' <small>F.T. Wang & T. Tang</small> *''Nothoscordum mairei'' <small>H.Lév.</small> |synonyms_ref=<ref name="TPL">[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296961 The Plant List]</ref> }}

'''''Allium wallichii''''' is a plant species native to India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, and parts of China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Xizang, Yunnan). It grows at elevations of 2300–4800 m.<ref name="eFloras">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027548 Flora of China v 24 p 175]</ref>

''Allium wallichii'' has elongate roots and clusters of narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 110&nbsp;cm tall, triangular in cross-section. Leaves are flat, up to 20&nbsp;mm across, usually shorter than the scape. Flowers are white, pink, red, dark purple (sometimes almost black).<ref name="TPL"/><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42518389#page/453/mode/1up Karl Sigismund Kunth. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 443.]</ref><ref>Zhu, Zheng Yin. 1991. Bulletin of Botanical Research. Harbin 11(1): 33., as ''Allium liangshanense''</ref>

==Varieties== Two varieties of the species are generally accepted:<ref name="TPL"/><ref name="eFloras"/>

''Allium wallichii'' var. ''wallichii'' --- Leaves not narrowed into a petiole at the base

''Allium wallichii'' var. ''platyphyllum'' <small>(Diels) J.M.Xu</small><ref>Xu, Jie Mei. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Beijing 14: 211.</ref> --- Leaves are narrowed into a petiole at the base --- found only in Yunnan

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wallichii Category:Onions Category:Flora of Sichuan Category:Flora of Guangxi Category:Flora of Guizhou Category:Flora of Hunan Category:Flora of Yunnan Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent Category:Flora of Myanmar Category:Flora of Tibet Category:Plants described in 1843