The scientific name of Zaimeng flower is fine-leaved onion, fine-leaved leek (Allium tenuissimum L.), alias: wild onion flower, wild onion flower, wild leek flower, Zaimeng flower, hemp flower, thief hemp flower, etc., for the onion genus Lily family of perennial herbaceous plants.

Widely distributed in Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Henan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang at an altitude of 2,000 meters below the mountain slopes, grasslands or sand dunes. Its flowers contain 11 kinds of natural aromatics, is the northern region of the masses of choking, stir-frying, hot pot, pasta, mixing cold dishes of the top seasoning.

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The mountain onion flower is rich in nutrients, attractive aroma, palatability, is a good pasture grass, but also detoxification plants, when livestock accidentally eat drunken horse beans and other poisonous grasses, herdsmen are often fed to the fine-leafed leeks and other onion plants to detoxify.

The mountain onion flower for the root system, and the root system is developed, drought-resistant, cold-resistant, barren, strong ability to grow, whether in the barren cold Mao Wusu sandy area, barren on both sides of the Yellow River, or arid Baiyushan district can be a good growth, is a very good wind and sand, soil and water conservation plants; at the same time, the mountain onion flower flower flower color white or violet, the flower period is long, it is a good ornamental plants.

The mountain onion flower flower aroma is special, suitable for flavoring, the effect is better than onion, garlic, especially after deep-frying, presenting a special, rich flavor, is the hobby of the people of northern Shaanxi Province of edible condiments; fine mountain onion flower can also be used as a vegetable, spring and summer picking the young leaves, can be used for stuffing, frying, chilled, tasty, and often eaten also tonic effect, such as the kidney and aphrodisiacs.

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