Allium guanxianense J. M. Xu

Roots thick, fleshy. Bulbs clustered, cylindric, 0.6--1 cm in diam., with short stolons; tunic fibrous. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, shorter than scape, 2--3 cm wide, midvein distinct, base long attenuate, apex obtuse to acuminate. Scape terminal, 40--60 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths for ca. 1/4 its length. Spathe deciduous. Umbel globose, laxly flowered. Pedicels equal, 2--3 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth white; segments lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 8--9 × ca. 2 mm, apex obtuse. Filaments subulate, slightly shorter than perianth segments, connate at base for ca. 1 mm and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary obovoid, base without concave nectaries, constricted into a stipe ca. 1 mm; ovules 1 per locule. Style subequaling ovary; stigma punctiform. Fl. Aug.

C Sichuan (Dayi Xian, Guan Xian).

* Damp slopes; 1800--2000 m.

Allium guanxianense is a plant species endemic to Sichuan in China. It is found on damp slopes at elevations of 1800–2000 m.

Allium guanxianense has thick fleshy roots but thin bulbs rarely more than 10 mm across. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, narrowly oblanceolate, shorter than the scape and 2–3 cm wide. Umbel is spherical, with white flowers.