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Allium blandum

Allium blandum is a small mountain onion from the Himalaya, Central Asia and Xinjiang, grown as a bulb with a spherical cluster of red flowers. It needs cool, well-drained conditions and dislikes heavy wet soil.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth in spring, then keep dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil with some organic matter.
Temperature
Cool conditions suit it best; tolerates hard frost in winter, avoid prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
NW. Xinjiang to W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Allium blandum is a species of onion native to northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Nepal and the Xinjiang region of western China. It grows in the mountains at elevations of 3000–5000 m.

Allium blandum produces an egg-shaped bulb up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is round in cross-section, up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are narrow, flat, up to 20 cm long. Umbel is spherical with many red 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 blandum 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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