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Allium pskemense

Allium pskemense
Photo: Kat, CC BY 2.0

Allium pskemense is a rare wild onion from Central Asia, a bulbous geophyte that is threatened by overharvesting. It is grown mainly as a collector's or kitchen-garden bulb, and it is best treated like other hardy ornamental alliums with good drainage and a dry summer rest.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while growing in spring, then keep dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy loam; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters, roughly -20 °C or colder when dormant; prefers cool to warm dry summers.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
C. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Allium pskemense is a rare Asian species of wild onion native to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and southern Kazakhstan.

Allium pskemense has been overharvested for its traditional uses in food and medicine, though there are some reports of it being cultivated in kitchen gardens.

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 pskemense 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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