Amaryllidaceae

Long-stamen chive

Allium macrostemon Bunge

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Allium

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Long-stamen chive (Allium macrostemon) — FlowerPhoto: 木村龍之介, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

arz: اليوم ماكروستيمون
Azerbaijani: Uzunerkəkcikli soğan
Chinese: 薤白, 团葱, 密花小根蒜, 小根蒜, 白, 葱汁, 蓮白（小根蒜）, 山蒜
English: Long-stamen chive
Japanese: ノビル, 野蒜, ねんびろ, ののひろ, ネビル
Korean: 산달래, 돌달래
Persian: تره پرچمدراز
Russian: Лук крупнотычинковый

Synonyms

Allium chanetii H.Lév.
Allium grayi Regel
Allium grayi var. chanetii (H.Lév.) H.Lév.
Allium iatasen H.Lév.
Allium macrostemon var. uratense (Franch.) Airy Shaw
Allium nereidum Hance
Allium nipponicum Franch. & Sav.
Allium ousensanense Nakai
Allium pallasii var. uratense (Franch.) Regel
Allium uratense Franch.

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 71 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 木村龍之介, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 振远王, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nick T., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mason Brock, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.