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Allium amphibolum is a small wild onion from Central Asia that forms clumps of narrow bulbs with rose or lilac flowers. It is grown as a hardy bulb in cool, well-drained gardens and needs a dry summer rest.
Allium amphibolum is a species of onion native to Altai, Tuva, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and the Province of Xinjiang in western China.
Allium amphibolum produces a clump of narrow bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 30 cm tall. Leaves narrow, up to 15 cm long but rarely more than 5 mm across. Tepals are rose or lilac, with darker red midveins. Ovary is round with a very long style.
South Idaho onion · Abrams' allium · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium agrigentinum · Allium alabasicum · Allium albotunicatum · Allium alibile · Altai Onion · Allium altissimum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium amphibolum 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.
