《中国植物志》|| 百合科 LILIACEAE ||洋葱组 Sect. Cepa Prokh. ||红葱（变种） Allium cepa L. var. proliferum Regel

77a. 红葱（变种）楼子葱
var. proliferum Regel, All. Monogr. 93. 1875
与洋葱的区别在于本变种的鳞茎卵状至卵状矩圆形；伞形花序具大量珠芽，间有数花，常常珠芽在花序上就发出幼叶；花被片白色，具淡红色中脉。但在鳞茎外皮、叶形、花被片、花丝和子房等特征都和洋葱相似。
在甘肃、陕西、宁夏、河北和河南等省区的一些地区都有栽培。欧洲也有栽培。
鳞茎和叶供食用。

《Flora of China》|| Liliaceae || Allium ||楼子葱 Allium cepa

98b. Allium cepa var. proliferum (Moench) Regel, Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 3(2): 93. 1875.

楼子葱 lou zi cong

Cepa prolifera Moench, Methodus, 244. 1794; Allium proliferum (Moench) Schrader ex Willdenow.

Bulb solitary, ovoid to oblong-ovoid. Scape developed. Umbel with many bulblets and few flowers, bulblets leafing on umbel. Perianth white; segments with pale red midvein.

Cultivated as a vegetable. Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan [widely cultivated elsewhere].

The Chinese name ºì´Ð (hong cong) was given to this variety in FRPS. However, this name was also used for Eleutherine plicata Herbert in the Iridaceae.