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Allium agrigentinum

Allium agrigentinum is a small bulbous wild onion endemic to Sicily, known from the Macalube di Aragona area. It is grown mainly by specialist collectors and needs a dry, sunny spot with winter rest, like other Mediterranean alliums.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season in spring and withhold water once the foliage dies back in early summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy mineral mix with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy in mild winters; protect from prolonged waterlogged cold below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Sicilia
Climate
subtropical

About

Allium agrigentinum is a plant species in the Amaryllis family, endemic to the Italian Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean. Initial collections were made in or near the Riserva naturale integrale Macalube di Aragona Wildlife Sanctuary.

Allium agrigentinum has a light brown bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. The umbel is hemispherical with uneven pedicels. Flowers are narrowly bell-shaped with pinkish-purple tepals.

Other Allium plants

South Idaho onion · Abrams' allium · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium alabasicum · Allium albotunicatum · Allium alibile · Altai Onion · Allium altissimum · Amethyst Garlic

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium agrigentinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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