Allium rude explained

Allium rude is a Chinese species of wild onion native to Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Tibet, at elevations of 2700–5000 m.^{[1] [2]}

Allium rude produces one egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 70 cm long, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, long and narrow, usually shorter than the scape, up to 10 mm across. Umbels are spherical with large numbers of yellow flowers crowded together.^{[1] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027525 Flora of China v 24 p 189, 野黄韭 ye huang jiu Allium rude
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296460 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Xu, Jie Mei, in Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 286, plate 50, figure. 6.
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/57851 line drawing of Allium rude, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 212, 6