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The "Shirouma-asatsuki" (Allium schoenoprasum var. orientale) belongs to Liliaceae (the Lily family). It is a perennial herb that is native to the Northern Alps of Honshu; from Mt. Shirouma to Mt. Asahi, and Hokkaido; Mt. Yubari. Overseas, it can be found on the Korean Peninsula, in northeastern China, on Sakhalin, and in Eastern Siberia. It is a alpine variety of "Asatsuki" (Allium schoenoprasum var. foliosum), and can reach 30-50 cm in height. The flowering stalks are borne and the magenta flowers bloom from July to August. It has also one size smaller and white flower color variety. It is called "馬葱" (ma cong) in Chinese.
In Korean, it's called "san-pa" (산파). This is a compound word consisting of "mountain" (san: 산) + "green onion" (pa: 파).
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