Allium lineare

Allium lineare is a Eurasian species of wild onions with a wide range extending from France to Mongolia.^{[2][3][1][4][5][6]}

Allium lineare
Herbarium specimen of Allium lineare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Reticulatobulbosa
Species:	A. lineare
Binomial name
Allium lineare L. 1753 not Mill. 1768 nor Ten. 1811 nor Willd. ex Kunth 1843
Synonyms[1]
Allium christii Janka Allium confertum Fisch. Allium deflexum Willd. Allium halleri Crantz Allium tortuosum Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Porrum lineare (L.) Raf.

Allium lineare has one or two bulbs each up to 15 cm across. Scape is up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, very narrow, rarely more than 5 mm across. Flowers red.^[2][7][8][9]

formerly included^[1]

• Allium lineare var. maackii Maxim., now called Allium maackii (Maxim.) Prokh. ex Kom.
• Allium lineare var. strictum (Schrad.) Trevir., now called Allium strictum Schrad.