''Allium lineare'' is a

Eurasia Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelag ...

n species of wild

onion An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the oni ...

s with a wide range extending from

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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 ''Allium maackii'' is a species of wild onion native to northeastern Asia (Heilongjiang, Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands). It is found on cliff and steep hillsides at elevations of 200–500 m. ''Allium maackii'' has ...

'' (Maxim.) Prokh. ex Kom. * ''Allium lineare'' var. ''strictum'' (Schrad.) Trevir., now called ''

Allium strictum ''Allium strictum'' is a Eurasian species of wild onion. Its native range extends from France to Yakutia. ''Allium strictum'' produces one or two bulbs, each up to 8 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, ...

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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