Allium thunbergii G.Don

Bulb solitary, rarely paired, ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 1--2 cm in diam.; outer tunic whitish black-brown to dirty black, membranous to scarious or subpapery, apex sometimes laciniate to fibrous. Leaves linear, longer than scape, 2--4 mm wide, 3-angled, subfistulose, margin smooth, apex attenuate. Scape 25--40(--50) cm, covered with leaf sheaths for 1/4--1/3 its length. Spathe 1-or 2-valved, persistent; beak short. Umbel subfascicled to globose, laxly many flowered. Pedicels subequal, 3--4 × as long as perianth, bracteolate. Perianth red to purple; segments with dark midvein, ovate-elliptic, 5--6 × 2.5--3.5 mm, apex obtuse; outer ones boat-shaped, shorter than inner. Filaments subulate, ca. 1.5 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; inner ones sometimes with 1 very small tooth on each side. Ovary subglobose. Style long exserted. Fl Aug--Oct. 2 n = 16*, 32.

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forest margins and slopes from near sea level to 1300 m altitude in N China.

Young plants are leaves are eaten raw. They are also used in soups and used as a pot herb. The bulbs are pickled.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.