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Allium ericetorum
Heather garlic is a small European wild onion that grows from a bulb and bears rounded clusters of white bell-shaped flowers on stems up to about 50 cm tall. It suits a sunny, well-drained spot such as a rock garden or meadow edge, where it is left to die back and rest after flowering.
Allium ericetorum is a species of Allium widespread across much of southern and central Europe, from Portugal to Ukraine.
Allium ericetorum is a perennial herb growing from a bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Umbel is hemispherical, with 15–45 bell-shaped white flowers. Stamens are longer than the tepals, with brown anthers. Ovary is green.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium ericetorum 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.
