Allium maowenense J. M. Xu

Bulb solitary or clustered, ovoid to narrowly so, 1--2 cm in diam.; tunic pale brown, thinly leathery, apex subfibrous. Leaves shorter than scape, 2--5 mm wide, semiterete, fistulose, adaxially channeled, smooth. Scape 16--30(--60) cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Spathe 1-valved, deciduous. Umbel globose, densely many flowered. Pedicels equal, ca. 2 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth white; segments with greenish or pale red midvein; outer ones narrowly ovate, boat-shaped, 3--5 × 1.5--2 mm; inner ones ovate, 4--5.5 × 2--3 mm. Filaments subulate, equal, ca. 2 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary green, subglobose, with concave nectaries covered by short, hoodlike projections at base. Style exserted; stigma punctiform. Fl. and fr. Sep--Nov. 2 n = 16*.

NC Sichuan (Mao Xian, Wenchuan Xian).

* Dry slopes; 1100--1500 m.

Allium maowenense is a plant species endemic to the Sichuan region of China. It grows there at elevations of 1100–1500 m.

Allium maowenense has egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are hollow, tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbels are spherical, packed with many flowers; tepals white with pink or green midveins.