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Allium pruinatum

Allium pruinatum is a small bulbous onion relative from central and southern Portugal and southwestern Spain. It is a hardy geophyte grown mainly by bulb enthusiasts, and the key to growing it is a sunny, well-drained spot that stays dry in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the autumn-to-spring growing season and keep the bulb dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil.
Temperature
Hardy to around -10 °C when dry; protect from prolonged waterlogged cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. Portugal to SW. Spain
Climate
temperate

About

Allium pruinatum is a member of the onion genus Allium native to the Iberian Peninsula.

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 pruinatum 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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