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Allium rubens

Allium rubens
Photo: Natalya, CC BY 4.0

Allium rubens, the reddish onion, is a small bulbous wild onion from the steppes and scrublands of Siberia, European Russia and Central Asia, grown for its small reddish-purple flower heads. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and a dry dormant period.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during spring growth, then keep dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Sharply drained, gritty or sandy soil with lean fertility.
Temperature
Hardy to around -25 °C; tolerates hot, dry summers.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. Europe to Mongolia
Climate
temperate

About

Allium rubens, the reddish onion, is a species of onions native to Siberia, European Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Xinjiang. It grows in sunlit locations on steppes and scrublands.

Allium rubens produces clusters of small, narrow bulbs up to 10 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, about the same length as the scape, 10–20 mm in diameter. Umbels have only a few reddish-purple 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 rubens 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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