Allium sacculiferum

Allium sacculiferum, also called northern plain chive^[3] or triangular chive,^[3] is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan, Korea, eastern Russia (Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk, Primorye), and northeastern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning).^[2] It is found along the banks of lakes and rivers at elevations less than 500 m.^[4][5][6][7]

Allium sacculiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. sacculiferum
Binomial name
Allium sacculiferum Maxim.
Synonyms[1][2]
Synonymy Allium deltoidefistulosum S.O.Yu, S.Lee & W.T.Lee Allium japonicum Regel 1875, illegitimate homonym not (Thunb.) Steud. 1840 Allium komarovianum Vved. Allium ophiopogon H.Lév. Allium sacculiferum var. viviparum Satake Allium yuchuanii Y.Z.Zhao & J.Y.Chao

Allium sacculiferum makes one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 70 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 5 mm across. Umbels are spherical, with many flowers crowded together. Tepals are lilac to reddish-violet with darker midveins.^{[4][8][9][10][11]}