Brynhild Mørkved has over the years collected forms of Allium victorialis from over it’s range – the Alps, Caucasus, Japan and the Kola peninsula in North West Russia. The main reason has been to try and determine where the naturalised populations in the Lofoten Islands originate as this isn’t a native plant in Norway.  I tell the story of the Lofoten victory onions in full in my book Around the World in 80 plants:  http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=30