Allium schubertii is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows to around 50 cm tall and lives for 2–5 years.

The flowers consist of 50 or more star-shaped, mauve florets on stems of differing lengths producing a starburst effect which can be up to 30 cm across.

[2] The desiccated flower heads eventually break off the dead stems and, blown around by the desert winds, cast their seeds abroad as they tumble around.

[3] Allium schubertii is found in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Libya but grown as an ornamental elsewhere.

[8][2] The American Horticultural Society recommends growing these bulbs in AHS planting zones 5-8.