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Fall Rhodian Garlic

Allium archeotrichon

Fall Rhodian Garlic is a bulb-forming perennial onion relative from the eastern Aegean islands of Rhodes, Tilos and Symi, with an onion or garlic scent and a flowering umbel. It is a geophyte grown in full sun in free-draining soil, with a dry summer rest.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth in autumn and spring, then keep dry while the bulb rests in summer.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect below -5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. Aegean Is. (Rodos, Tilos, Simi)
Climate
subtropical

About

Allium archeotrichon is a species of onion endemic to the east Aegean islands – Rhodes, Tilos and Symi. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a scent resembling that of onions or garlic. It produces an umbel of flowers.

Other Allium plants

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 archeotrichon 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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