Allium hookeri Thwaites

Roots elongate, thick, fleshy. Bulbs clustered, cylindric; tunic membranous, entire. Leaves linear to broadly so, shorter than to subequaling scape, 0.5--1 cm wide, midvein distinct. Scape lateral, usually arising from base of bulb, (10--)20--60 cm, usually without leaf sheaths, sometimes with 1. Spathe 2-valved, usually deciduous. Umbel hemispheric to globose, many flowered. Pedicels subequal, 2--3(--4) × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. Perianth white or greenish yellow to yellow; segments similar, lanceolate, 4--7.5 × 1--1.5 mm, apex acuminate, sometimes unequally 2-lobed. Filaments subulate, slightly shorter than to subequaling perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary obovoid, smooth, base constricted into a short stipe; ovules 1 per locule. Style longer than ovary; stigma punctiform. Fl. and fr. Jul--Oct. 2 n = 22*, 44*.chives, Phulun Zung (in India), 宽叶韭 kuan ye jiu in China, etc. The plant is widely cultivated outside its native range, and valued as a food item in much of South and Southeast Asia.
Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers.