Allium vavilovii

Allium vavilovii is a species of wild onion in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran.^[1] Out of the approximately 1000 species of Allium it and Allium asarense are the closest known relatives of the common onion Allium cepa.^[2]

Allium vavilovii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. vavilovii
Binomial name
Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved.