Allium blomfieldianum Asch. & Schweinf., it is a bulbous geophyte, bulb 1-1.5 cm diam., ovoid; outer tunics sub coriaceous, brown, splitting vertically into triangular sections; stem sub terete to obscurely 2 angled 3-10 cm; leaves 3-5, 3-9 mm, flat, linear, acute, keeled below, often coiled near the apex, ciliate on margins and mid-vein beneath , basal, sheaths formed below ground; spathe papery, 1-valved, the valve split into 3-4 lobes, ovate, acuminate, equaling the pedicels, persistent ; umbel 2-4 cm diam., spherical, many-flowered, dense; pedicels 0.8-1.5 cm; perianth segments 6 in two whorls, the outer segments spreading and the inner sub erect; segments 6-8 mm, white, suborbicular to broadly ovate, obtuse to subacute, persistent; stamens shorter than perianth ; filaments white, flat, triangular, broader toward base; anthers included, yellow; style included; capsule c. 4 mm.
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