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Allium negianum

Allium negianum is a bulbous onion relative from the western Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India, found at high altitude (3,000 to 4,800 m) and described only in 2021. It is a cold-hardy geophyte grown from bulbs in well-drained, gritty soil.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth in spring, then keep nearly dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mineral mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C when dormant; protect bulbs from waterlogging in wet, warm conditions.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Uttarakhand
Climate
temperate

About

Allium negianum is a species of Allium discovered in 2021 in India. It is found in the western Himalayas, in the Indian districts of Pithoragarh and Chamoli, in the state of Uttarakhand, between 3,000 and 4,800 meters above sea level. It was cultivated in the region for years before it was officially identified.

A. negianum was named after Kuldeep Singh Negi, who was an Allium collector.

Other Allium plants

South Idaho onion · Allium abbasii · Abrams' allium · Allium acidoides · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium acutiflorum · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium agrigentinum · Allium akaka · Allium akirense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium negianum 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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