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Allium paradoxum
Also called Few Flowered Garlic, Few Flower Garlic, Few Flower Leek
A small bulbous perennial wild onion from the mountains of Iran, the Caucasus and Turkmenistan, valued for its garlicky leaves and bulbils rather than its flowers. It spreads readily by bulbils and is invasive in parts of Europe, so it is best grown in a contained spot.
Allium paradoxum, the few-flowered garlic or few-flowered leek, is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family. It is native to mountainous regions of Iran, Caucasus, and Turkmenistan and invasive in Europe.
Allium paradoxum is native to mountainous regions of Iran, Caucasus, and Turkmenistan.
The few-flowered leek is edible and can be eaten raw as well as made into dishes. It can also be used as a herb to flavour food, much in the same way as other wild garlics.
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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.
