Allium roborowskianum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang and Mongolia. It grows at elevations of 1,000–1,300 m.Flora of China v 24 p 201.
Allium roborowskianum produces one round bulb up to 25 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat. linear, shorter than the scape, up to 15 mm across. Umbels are hemispherical, crowded with many white or lilac flowers.Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 359–360, pl. 8, f. 4. Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, Yan Cheng. 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 269, 286 (Addenda), pl. 97. (as Allium sinkiangense)
Some authors consider Allium sinkiangense F.T.Wang & Y.C.Tang to be synonymous with A. roborowskianum, but the World Checklist accepts them as distinct species.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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