Allium cyaneum Regel

Bulbs clustered, cylindric, 0.2--0.4(--0.6) cm in diam.; tunic dark brown, usually not distinctly reticulate. Leaves shorter or longer than scape, 1.5--2.5 mm wide, semiterete, adaxially channeled. Scape 10--30(--45) cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 1-or 2-valved, deciduous. Umbel subfascicled, sometimes hemispheric. Pedicels subequal, 1--2 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth blue; segments ovate to oblong-ovate, 4--6.5 × 2--3 mm; inner ones slightly longer than outer. Filaments equal, 1.3--2 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate; inner ones broadened at base, base sometimes 1-toothed on each side. Ovary subglobose, with concave nectaries covered by short, hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted. Fl. and fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 32*.

It is a temperate plant. It grows on the edges of forests and in meadows between 2,100-5,000 m above sea level in China. It suits hardiness zones 5-9. In Sichuan.

It is used as a spice or flavouring. It is dried for later use.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.