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Allium elmaliense

Allium elmaliense is a small bulbous onion from southwestern Turkey (Antalya Province) with fragrant white flowers marked by green midveins. It is grown as a hardy bulb for rock gardens and borders, and it needs a dry, well-drained spot.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while leaves are growing in spring, then keep the soil dry while the bulb is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil, neutral to alkaline.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C when dormant; prefers cool, dry summers.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Türkiye (Antalya)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium elmaliense is a species of onion endemic to Antalya Province in southwestern Turkey. It has spherical to egg-shaped bulbs up to 3 cm in diameter. Stipe is up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are fragrant; tepals are white with green midveins.

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 elmaliense 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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