Allium kurssanovii Popov

Bulbs clustered, cylindric to cylindric-ovoid, very long, 10--15 × 2--3 cm; tunic dark brown, hard, leathery, entire or splitting. Leaves linear, slightly shorter or longer than scape, 3--4 mm wide, flat, margin smooth, rarely scabrous. Scape 50--70(--90) cm, terete, smooth, covered with leaf sheaths for ca. 1/2 its length. Spathe 2-valved, persistent; beak ca. 2 × as long as limb. Umbel globose, 2--3 cm in diam., many flowered. Pedicels equal, to 2 × as long as perianth, bracteolate. Perianth pink-lilac to dark violet-red; segments with dark purple midvein, oblong-ovate, 3.5--4 mm, apex acute; inner ones ovate, apex truncate. Filaments subulate, 1.5--2 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments. Ovary conical-subglobose. Style exserted.

W Xinjiang (Tian Shan) [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan].

Stony slopes, cliffs; 2200--2700 m.

Allium pseudoglobosum M. Popov ex Gamajunova.

Allium kurssanovii is a species of wild onion native to Central Asia (Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan). It grows on cliff faces and other sun-lit locations at elevations of 2200–2700 m.

Allium kurssanovii has a cluster of very long, narrow bulbs up to 15 cm long. Scapes are up to 90 cm tall. Leaves flat, slightly longer than the scape but only 3–4 mm across. Umbel is large and spherical, with many flowers; tepals pink to purplish-red with dark purple midvein.