Allium cyathophorum is a Chinese (, ) species of flowering plant in the onion genus Allium of the family Amaryllidaceae. It grows at elevations from up to .Flora of China v 24 p 176 杯花韭 bei hua jiu Allium cyathophorum
Description This bulbous herbaceous perennial has thick roots but thin, fibrous bulbs. The scapes are usually 2-angled, up to tall. The leaves are flat, narrowly linear, usually shorter than the scapes. The umbels are hemispheric (half spheres) with purple flowers.Bureau, Louis Édouard, & Franchet, Adrien René. 1891. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 5(10): 154–155.
Taxonomy Allium cyathophorum is found in the third evolutionary line of the genus Allium. It is a member of the subgenus Cyathophora and is the type species for that subgenus.
Varieties Two infraspecific varieties are recognized: Allium cyathophorum var. cyathophorum (Syn. Allium venustum C.H.Wright) – tepals blunt-tipped – Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan Allium cyathophorum var. farreri (Stearn) Stearn (Syn. Allium farreri Stearn) – tepals pointed at the tips – Gansu, Sichuan
William Stearn originally named Allium farreri in 1930 after Reginald Farrer, but in 1950 realised it was a variety of Allium cyathophorum, and so renamed it.
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