Allium farctum Illustration Credit: M.Y. Saleem

Bulbs ovoid, 2-2.5 cm broad; coats scaly, membranous, reddish brown. Leaves 3-4, fishtular, up to 30 cm long, 2-6 mm broad. Scape c. 70 cm tall, not fistular. Umbels hemispherical, densely flowered. Pedicels 0.5-1.5 cm long. Tepals white, 3-4 mm long, elliptic, obtuse, Filaments as long as the tepals, connate at the base. Capsules obcordate, c. 4 mm long.

Fl. Per.: April.

Type: Pakistan, Kohat to Hangu, Rechinger 30991 (W).

Distribution: Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Grows in the crevices of limestone rocks.