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Allium dumetorum

Allium dumetorum is a small wild onion, a bulb-forming perennial from the eastern Mediterranean and Levant, with a few pinkish flowers. It is mainly grown by enthusiasts and in botanic collections, and the key is to give it free-draining soil and a dry summer rest.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while in active growth in spring, then keep nearly dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost when dormant
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Lebanon to Israel
Climate
subtropical

About

Allium dumetorum is a Middle Eastern species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a few pinkish flowers; ovary pale 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 dumetorum 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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