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Allium sindjarense

Allium sindjarense
Photo: Gideon Pisanty (Gidip) גדעון פיזנטי, CC BY 3.0

Allium sindjarense is a small wild onion from the Middle East, a bulb-forming perennial with clusters of tiny white flowers. It is a species, not a commonly grown garden plant, and needs dry, sunny, well-drained conditions like its native desert and dry shrubland habitat.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during active growth in spring and let the soil dry fully between waterings; keep dry while dormant.
Soil
Very well-drained gritty or sandy mix.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. Medit. to Arabian Pen.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Allium sindjarense is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.

is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion found in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel if very tiny white flowers on elongated pedicels.

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 sindjarense 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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