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Allium oporinanthum

Allium oporinanthum
Photo: Paul Fabre, CC BY-SA 2.5

Allium oporinanthum is a wild onion, a bulbous geophyte native to northeastern Spain and Italy. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so it is grown mainly by specialists who want to keep a native bulb in cultivation.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during spring growth and keep it dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty soil or bulb mix with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect from prolonged waterlogging and severe frost in pots.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
NE. Spain to NW. Italy
Climate
temperate

About

Allium oporinanthum is a European species of wild onion native to Spain and France.

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 oporinanthum 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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