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Allium rude

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野黄韭 ye huang jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Polyprason
Species:
A. rude
Binomial name
Allium rude
Xu, Jie Mei

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]

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