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Allium calyptratum

Allium calyptratum is a small bulbous perennial wild onion from the eastern Mediterranean, bearing a rounded umbel of white flowers. It grows best as an outdoor rock garden or bulb bed plant with a dry summer rest.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the spring growing season and keep almost dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining gritty or sandy soil, such as a rock garden mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -10 °C when dry-rooted; protect bulbs from waterlogging in cold wet weather.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
S. Türkiye, Lebanon (Mt. Hermon) to N. Israel
Climate
temperate

About

Allium calyptratum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is found in Israel, Syria, Palestine and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of white 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 calyptratum 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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