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Allium decipiens

Allium decipiens
Photo: Dmitry Lyskov, CC0

Allium decipiens is a wild Eurasian onion relative with a spherical bulb and a hemispherical head of whitish flowers on stems up to about 100 cm tall. It is grown as a hardy garden bulb in sunny, well-drained spots.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during active growth in spring and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile soil or gritty garden loam.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect pots below -10 °C.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. Europe to SW. Siberia and N. Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Allium decipiens is a Eurasian species of garlic in the amaryllis family native to eastern Europe and western Asia.

Allium decipiens has a spherical bulb. The Scape can go up to 100 cm tall. The leaves are flat and linear-lanceolate. The Umbel is hemispherical with many flowers crowded together. The Tepals are whitish with a dark green midvein. The Ovary is green.

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 decipiens 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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