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Allium rothii is a small bulbous perennial onion relative from the eastern Mediterranean and Sinai region, grown mainly as a wild or rock garden species. It is best kept cool, dry in summer and well drained, as it goes dormant after flowering.
Allium rothii Zucc is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan. It is a perennial with umbel-shaped flowers that forms bulbs. Stamens and ovaries are noticeably deep purple, and the tepals are white with deep purple midveins. This name is reported by Amaryllidaceae as an accepted name in the genus Allium (family Amaryllidaceae)."[Pictures taken by]": Gideon Pisanty "[can be found here]" Gideon "Gidi" Pisanty is a photographer and researcher from Israel.
The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2023-11-24) which reports it as an accepted name
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium rothii 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.
