Allium bulleyanum Diels; A. bulleyanum var. tchongchanense (H. Léveillé) Airy Shaw; A. feddei H. Léveillé; A. liangshanense Z. Y. Zhu; A. polyastrum Diels; A. praelatitium H. Léveillé; A. tchongchanense H. Léveillé; A. wallichii var. albidum F. T. Wang & T. Tang; Nothoscordum mairei H. Léveillé.

Leaves linear to broadly so, base not narrowed into a petiole. Scape covered with leaf sheaths only at base. Fl. and fr. Jul--Oct. 2 n = 14*, 28*.

Forest margins, scrub, moist meadows, stream banks; 2300--4800 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, S Hunan (Mang Shan), SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].