Allium carolinianumRedouté

WFO wfo-0000755908 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Allium carolinianum, photographed by Dmitry Kulakov
fig. a Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 / 2017-08-06 / obs. 53611465
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. b Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59290322
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. c Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59291843
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. d Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59290218
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Dmitry Kulakov
fig. e Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53611480
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Dmitry Kulakov
fig. f Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53611500
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Dmitry Kulakov
fig. g Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53611502
Allium carolinianum, photographed by Dmitry Kulakov
fig. h Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53611473

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Allium carolinianum is native: Afghanistan, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya AfghanistanInner MongoliaKazakhstanKirgizstanMongoliaTadzhikistanTibetUzbekistanXinjiangEast HimalayaNepalPakistanWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Allium carolinianum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Inner Mongolia CHI
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Mongolia MON
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Allium aitchisonii Boiss.
  • Allium obtusifolium Klotzsch
  • Allium platyspathum var. falcatum Regel
  • Allium platystylum Regel
  • Allium polyphyllum Kar. & Kir.
  • Allium polyphyllum var. nudicaule Regel
  • Allium thomsonii Baker

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.