''Allium lineare'' is a

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/ref> ''Allium lineare'' has one or two bulbs each up to 15 cm across. Scape is up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, very narrow, rarely more than 5 mm across. Flowers red. ;formerly included * ''Allium lineare'' var. ''maackii'' Maxim., now called '' Allium maackii'' (Maxim.) Prokh. ex Kom. * ''Allium lineare'' var. ''strictum'' (Schrad.) Trevir., now called '' Allium strictum'' Schrad.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4268532 lineare Onions Flora of Europe Flora of temperate Asia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus