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Allium rhynchogynum

Allium rhynchogynum is a small wild onion from high mountain slopes in NW Yunnan, China, grown as a rock garden or alpine bulb. It needs cool conditions, sharp drainage and a dry rest in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during spring growth and let the soil dry out after flowering through summer.
Soil
Free-draining gritty or sandy loam.
Temperature
Cool to mild, 5–20 °C; hardy to about -15 °C when dry.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
China (NW. Yunnan)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium rhynchogynum is a Chinese species of wild onion endemic to the Yunnan region in southern China. It grows at elevations of 2700–3200 m.

Allium rhynchogynum has scapes up to 25 cm long. Leaves are flat, sword-shaped, shorter than the scape, up to 10 mm wide. Umbels have only a few pink 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 rhynchogynum 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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