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Allium saxatile

Allium saxatile
Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0

Allium saxatile is a bulbous perennial onion from rocky and steppe habitats in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Siberia. It grows best in a sunny, well-drained spot where the bulb can stay dry in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and keep the bulb dry while it is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or stony soil, such as a sandy loam or rock garden mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; tolerates cold winters well.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. Europe to Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Allium saxatile is a Eurasian species of onion native to European Russia, Belarus, Caucasus, and the Altai Krai region in Siberia. The species was formerly perceived as including additional populations from central and eastern Asia but recent studies have resulting in splitting of the old species into several distinct species.

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 saxatile 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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