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Allium nebrodense

Allium nebrodense
Photo: Girolamo Giardinauploaded by Esculapio, CC BY-SA 3.0

Allium nebrodense is a rare wild onion, a bulbous geophyte native only to the Madonie mountains of Sicily, Italy. It is seldom grown, and the key to growing it is to mimic its dry, rocky mountain habitat with excellent drainage.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately in spring while growing, then keep dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or rocky mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates cold winters, avoid waterlogged conditions.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Sicilia
Climate
subtropical

About

Allium nebrodense is a rare Italian species of wild onion. It is found only in the Madonie mountains on the Island of Sicily in southern Italy.

Allium nebrodense is unusual in the genus is that the scape is not erect but rather ascending (horizontal in the lower part, then curving upwards). Spathes are also unusual in their conspicuousness, narrowing to a pair of long red claws on either side of the umbel, much longer than the umbel itself. The flowers themselves are yellow.

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 nebrodense 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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