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Allium qasyunense

Allium qasyunense is a bulb-forming perennial onion from the Middle East (Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan) that bears an umbel of cream-colored flowers. Grow it like other wild ornamental alliums: give it a sunny, well-drained spot and let it go dormant in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during active growth in spring, then keep nearly dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates hot dry summers and cold winters down to about -10 °C when dormant.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Allium qasyunense is a Middle Eastern species of onions in the amaryllis family, found in Israel, Palestine, Syria and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of cream-colored 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 qasyunense 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.

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