Allium altaicum is a species of onion native to Asiatic Russia (Altay, Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Irkutsk, Tuva, Amur Oblast), Mongolia, Kazakhstan and northern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang).Flora of China v 24 p 192.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Description Allium altaicum produces narrowly egg-shaped bulbs up to in diameter. Scape is round in cross-section, up to tall. Leaves are round, up to long. Flowers are pale yellow, up to across. Ovary is egg-shaped; stamens longer than the tepals.Peter Simon von Pallas. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 2: 737, pl. R.line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 213, 5-8
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