Allium cyathophorum

Allium cyathophorum is a Chinese (Chinese:杯花韭, bei hua jiu) species of flowering plant in the onion genus Allium of the family Amaryllidaceae.^[1] It grows at elevations from 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) up to 4,600 metres (15,100 ft).^[2]

This bulbousherbaceousperennial has thick roots but thin, fibrous bulbs. The scapes are usually 2-angled, up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. The leaves are flat, narrowly linear, usually shorter than the scapes. The umbels are hemispheric (half spheres) with purple flowers.^[2][3]

Allium cyathophorum is found in the third evolutionary line of the genus Allium. It is a member of the subgenusCyathophora and is the type species for that subgenus.