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Allium hymenorhizum

Allium hymenorhizum
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Allium hymenorhizum is a wild Eurasian onion from high-elevation steppe and mountain slopes, grown mainly by specialist bulb collectors. It is a hardy bulb that needs sharp drainage and full sun.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during active growth in spring and let the soil dry out fully in summer dormancy.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mineral mix with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; protect pots from prolonged waterlogging in winter.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. European Russia to W. Mongolia
Climate
temperate

About

Allium hymenorhizum is a Eurasian species of wild onion in the amaryllis family. It grows at elevations of 1100–2700 m

Allium hymenorhizum has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 90 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, less than 6 mm wide but almost as long as the scape. Umbel is densely packed with many red 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 hymenorhizum 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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