Allium obliquum L.

Bulb solitary, ovoid-cylindric, 2--3 cm in diam.; tunic pale brown to brown, hard, leathery, entire. Leaves broadly linear, shorter than scape, 5--20 mm wide, gradually attenuate toward apex. Scape 60--100 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths for ca. 1/2 its length. Spathe 1-or 2-valved, persistent; beak short. Umbel globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels subequal, 2--4 × as long as perianth, bracteolate. Perianth pale yellow to greenish yellow; outer segments oblong to oblong-ovate, 4--5 × 1.5--2 mm; inner ones ovate, 4.5--5.5 × 2--2.5 mm. Filaments subulate, equal, ca. 1.5 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary ovoid, with concave nectaries covered by hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted. Fl. and fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 16.

It is a cool temperate plant. It grows naturally in meadows and wooded slopes in Siberia. It prefers a sunny position and a light well drained soil. It can grow in damp acid soils. In grows in N China.

The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw.

Plants can be grown from seed or by dividing the clumps.