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Allium funckiifolium

Allium funckiifolium is a bulbous onion relative from high-altitude moist sites in Sichuan and Hubei, China, notable for a single broad, heart-shaped leaf and a spherical head of white flowers. It needs cool summers and a moist but well-drained spot.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil moist during the growing season and dry in summer dormancy.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining loam.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; prefers cool summers.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
China (E. Sichuan, W. Hubei)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium funckiifolium is a plant species from Hubei and Sichuan Provinces in China. It grows in moist locales at elevations of 2200–2300 m.

Allium funckiifolium is unusual in the genus in producing one large, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaf up to 25 cm long and 16 cm across. Scape is up to 70 cm tall. Umbel is spherical with many white flowers.

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 funckiifolium 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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