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Allium bigelovii
Bigelow's onion is a small wild onion (bulbous geophyte) from dry, gravelly slopes in Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is grown mainly by specialist bulb and native plant gardeners, and it needs sharp drainage and a dry summer rest.
Allium bigelovii, the New Mexico wild leek, is a plant species native to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It grows on open, gravelly slopes at elevations of 500–1,700 m (1,600–5,600 ft).
The specific epithet honors John Milton Bigelow (based on the Latinized form of his surname, Bigelovius).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium bigelovii 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.
