Wildlife & Flora
Small Alpine Onion
Small Alpine Onion (Allium humile) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Upper Pisang, Gyaru, Ngawal.
- Scientific name
- Allium humile
- Local name
- Paangno, Limbu
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
This plant is native to agricultural fields and peripheral areas of Pine forest. It is sweet scented gregarious herb up to 30 cm tall. Its leaves are long. The flowers are white and star shaped. The bulbs are clustered, cylindrical and covered with fibrous leaf bases. These plants that belong to the onion family are edible as vegetable and spice.\
