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Allium flavum

Allium flavum
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0

Allium flavum is a small bulbous perennial onion with bright yellow, bell-shaped flowers held in summer on stems up to about 40 cm tall. It is grown for its flowers and is easy in sunny, well-drained garden beds.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during dry spells in the growing season, then let the soil dry out; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining soil, such as sandy or gritty loam.
Temperature
Hardy to about -30 °C (USDA zones 4 to 8).
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Medit. to Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Allium flavum, the small yellow onion or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium.

A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from areas like France and Morocco to Iran and Kazakhstan.

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 flavum 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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