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Allium omeiense

Allium omeiense is a bulbous onion relative from Sichuan, China, grown locally as a garden vegetable. It is a hardy, bulb-forming plant that suits temperate gardens with well-drained soil and sun.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth and let the soil dry a little between waterings, reducing water after flowering.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile garden soil or loam.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate conditions; tolerates cold winters, protect in very harsh frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
China (C. Sichuan)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium omeiense is a plant species endemic to Sichuan, China. The people of Emei Shuan grow Allium omeiense as a garden vegetable. It also grows in the wild on slopes and along stream banks.

Allium omeiense has thick, fleshy roots, plus a bulb up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 70 cm tall, round in cross-section; Leaves is sword-shaped, longer than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric with 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 omeiense 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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