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Allium semenovii

Allium semenovii
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Allium semenovii is a small wild onion from the mountains of Central Asia and Xinjiang, grown from a bulb and bearing dense spherical clusters of yellow flowers. It needs cold winters and sharp drainage to thrive.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth in spring, then keep nearly dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mineral soil or alpine mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; needs a cold winter dormancy and tolerates summer heat poorly.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
C. Asia to Xinjiang
Climate
temperate

About

Allium semenovii is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. It grows at elevations of 2000–3000 m.

Allium semenovii has bulbs up to 15 mm in diameter. Its scapes are up to 50 cm tall. The leaves are flat, up to 15 mm wide. The umbels are spherical and densely crowded with many yellow 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 semenovii 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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