A perennial herb with a strong garlic smell. Bulb is large, with 6 ~ 10 petals, covered by gray or light brown membranous pulp. Leaves basal, seedling, flat, linear-lanceolate, about 2.5 cm wide, sheath-like at the base. Flowering stems erect, about 60 cm high; The spatula has a long beak, 7 ~10 cm long; Umbrella, small and dense, bracts 1 ~ 3, 8 ~ 10 cm long, membranous, light green; Flowers are small, mixed with reddish beads, 4 mm long, or completely beadless; The flower stalk is thin and longer than the flower; Perianth 6, pink, elliptic-lanceolate; Stamens 6, white, anthers prominent; Pistil 1, prominent style, white, superior ovary, oblong, concave apex, 3-loculed. Capsule, split in 1 room. The seeds are black. Flowers bloom in summer.

Tongling garlic alias "Taiping garlic" and "Ting garlic" Tongling garlic is famous at home and abroad, and it is one of the eight precious garlic in Tongling. Tongling "Tingsuan" is named after long-term planting in Tingzhou Village, Taiping Township, Tongling. According to historical records such as Tongling County Records, garlic has been planted in Tongling for thousands of years, and the variety is stable and not easy to degenerate. High temperature resistance, strong stress resistance and high yield.