Allium condensatum Turcz.

Bulb usually solitary, rarely paired, narrowly ovoid-cylindric to subcylindric, 1--2(--2.5) cm in diam.; tunic red-brown, lustrous, thinly leathery, laciniate. Leaves shorter than scape, 1--2.5 mm wide, terete to semiterete, fistulose, adaxially channeled. Scape 30--80 cm, terete, solid, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 2-valved, persistent. Umbel globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels subequal, 2--4 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth pale yellow or white; segments ovate-oblong, 4--5 × 1.8--2.2 mm; inner ones slightly longer. Filaments subulate, equal, 1/4--1/2 as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary obovoid, with concave nectaries covered by hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted. Fl. and fr. Jul--Sep. 2 n = 16*.

It is a temperate plant. It prefers a sunny position in a light well drained soil. It grows on slopes and meadows from sea level to 2000 m altitude in N China. It grows in Inner Mongolia.

The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw to flavour salads.

It can be grown from seed or division of the bulbs. Bulbs should be planted fairly deeply.