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Allium hemisphaericum

Allium hemisphaericum is a small bulbous onion relative native to Lampedusa, Sicily, in the Mediterranean, and little is known about its cultivation. Grow it like other Mediterranean alliums: a bulb in free-draining soil with plenty of sun and a dry summer rest.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during the cool growing season and keep the soil dry while the bulb is dormant in summer.
Soil
Sharply drained, sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild winters, protect from hard frost
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Sicilia
Climate
subtropical

About

Allium hemisphaericum is a species of onion endemic to the Island of Lampedusa (Sicily) in the Mediterranean.

Little is known about Allium hemisphaericum.

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 hemisphaericum 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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