(Allium bidentatum bidentatum)
Allium bidentatum is an Asian species of onion in the amaryllis family.It is native to Mongolia,Russia (Buryatiya,Zabaykalsky Krai,Krasnoyarsk,Primorye),Kazakhstan,and northern China (Hebei,Heilongjiang,Jilin,Liaoning,Inner Mongolia,Shanxi,Xinjiang ).It grows in well-lit places,sometimes in saline soil.Allium bidentatum produces very narrow cylindrical bulbs rarely more than 4 mm across.Scape is round in cross-section,up to 30 cm tall.Leaves are more or less round in cross-section,up to 15 cm long.Umbel is hemispherical,with red or red-violet flowers.Two varieties are recognized.Allium bidentatum var.bidentatum - most of species range.Allium bidentatum var.qinggouense Tolgor & Y.T.Zhao - Inner Mongolia.