Liliopsida Asparagales Alliaceae Allium

Bulb ovoid, 0.7-1.5 cm diam.; outer tunics brown, reticulate-fibrous; bulblets few, yellow. Stem 20-30 cm tall, smooth. Leaves equalling or exceeding the umbel, 2-3, semi-cylindrical, canaliculate, fistulose, 1-3 mm wide, scabrous, sheathing the lower 1/2 of the stem; sheaths scabrous. Spathe 1-valved, with a long beak, caducous, slightly shorter than the umbel. Umbel spherical or subspherical, about 2.5-4 cm diam., dense. Pedicels with bracteoles. Perianth ovoid; tepals whitish with a purplish midvein, 3-4 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, the outer ones keeled. Stamens exserted; the outer filaments entire, triangular-subulate, the inner ones tricuspidare; the central cusp about 1.5 times as long as the lateral cusps. Anthers yellow. Style exserted. Capsule subglobose, ca. 3.5 mm long.