Saline meadows, steppes, sandy places, sometimes stony places and cliffs. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, E Nei Mongol [Mongolia, Russia].Allium spurium A. spirale, and A. senescens are closely related taxa, and have been united under the name A. senescens in treatments in other floras, e.g., FRPS and Fl. URSS.