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Allium drobovii

Allium drobovii is a small wild onion, a bulbous geophyte from the mountains of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, grown mainly by specialist bulb enthusiasts. The key to growing it is a dry, sunny, well-drained spot with a cool dormant period.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while in active growth in spring, then keep dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Free-draining gritty mix, such as sandy loam or bulb compost with added grit.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; suited to mild to cool summers, protect from waterlogging in wet winters.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
C. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Allium drobovii is a species of onion native to the southwestern spurs of the Talas Alatau and the Karatau Mountains in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The plant is in the amaryllis family, originally described by Alexei Ivanovich Vvedensky. A. drobovii does not have any subspecies listed in the Catalog of Life.

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 drobovii 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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