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Allium alabasicum is a small bulbous onion relative from Inner Mongolia, with a short flower stalk and a tight cluster of purplish-red flowers. It is a rarely cultivated species, so it is grown much like other hardy, dry-summer alliums: give it a sunny, well-drained spot and let it go dormant.
Allium alabasicum is a species of onion native to Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) in China.
Allium alabasicum produces narrow, cylindrical bulbs. Scapes are usually round in cross-section, though sometimes with two angles; they are short, rarely more than 5 cm tall. Umbel generally has only 4 or 5 flowers. Tepals are purplish-red, up to 4 mm long. Ovary is round to egg-shaped. Stamens are shorter than the tepals.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium alabasicum 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.
