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Altai Onion

Allium altaicum

Altai Onion
Photo: Daderot, Public domain

Allium altaicum is a wild onion from Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and northern China, grown as a hardy bulb for its pale yellow flowers. It needs cold winters and good drainage to thrive.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth and keep nearly dry after flowering while the bulb rests.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil.
Temperature
Hardy to very cold winters; tolerates well below -20 °C when dormant.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Siberia to N. China
Climate
temperate

About

Allium altaicum is a species of onion native to Asiatic Russia (Altay, Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Irkutsk, Tuva, Amur Oblast), Mongolia, Kazakhstan and northern China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang).

Other Allium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium altaicum 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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