Allium trifurcatum is a plant species native to the Sichuan and Yunnan regions in southern China. It grows at elevations of 3000–4000 m.[2] The Tibetan people of Shangri-La and nearby areas eat its scapes.[3]

三柱韭 san zhu jiu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. trifurcatum
Binomial name
Allium trifurcatum
(F.T. Wang & T. Tang) J.M. Xu
Synonyms[1]

Allium humile var. trifurcatum F.T. Wang & T. Tang

Allium trifurcatum has thick roots and clusters of bulbs. Scape is up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, up to 10 mm across, shorter than the scape. Umbels have only a few white flowers.[2][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 176
  3. ^ Ju, Yan; Zhuo, Jingxian; Liu, Bo; Long, Chunlin (19 April 2013). "Eating from the wild: Diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (28): 28. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-28. PMC 3648497. PMID 23597086.
  4. ^ Xu, Jie Mei. 1991. Flora Sichuanica 7: 145.
  5. ^ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, T. (Chin). 1980. Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 14: 284, pl. 32.