Allium songpanicum explained

Allium songpanicum is a plant species endemic to Sichuan Province in southern China. It grows in forests and brushlands at an elevation of approximately 1600–1700 m.^[1]

Allium songpanicum has bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long and very narrow, about the same length as the scape but only about 3 mm across, often drooping under its own weight. Umbel has only a few reddish-purple flowers.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027536 Flora of China v 24 p 197, Allium songpanicum
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/58066 line drawing of Allium songpanicum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. fig. 222, 1-3
3. Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14:286, pl. 86.