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Allium albotunicatum

Allium albotunicatum is a small bulb-forming perennial onion relative from the eastern Mediterranean region, with greenish-brown flowers. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care relies on general knowledge for bulbous alliums grown in well-drained soil.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during active growth in spring, then keep nearly dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty soil or sandy loam; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
Hardy to about -10 °C when dry; protect from prolonged waterlogging in winter.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Türkiye, SE. Syria, Israel
Climate
temperate

About

Allium albotunicatum is a plant species found in Israel, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. It is a bulb-forming perennial with greenish-brown flowers.

Other Allium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium albotunicatum 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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