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Allium cyathophorum is a small high-altitude bulbous perennial onion from western China, growing between about 2,700 and 4,600 metres. It is a wild alpine species rarely grown in gardens, and its care depends on cool, bright, well-drained conditions.
Allium cyathophorum is a Chinese (Chinese: 杯花韭, bei hua jiu) species of flowering plant in the onion genus Allium of the family Amaryllidaceae. It grows at elevations from 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) up to 4,600 metres (15,100 ft).
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
