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Allium songpanicum

Allium songpanicum is a small wild onion from forests and scrub in northern Sichuan, China, grown mainly by enthusiasts of alpine bulbs. It is a bulb that wants good drainage, a dry summer rest, and cool, bright conditions.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while leafing and flowering in spring, then keep nearly dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining gritty loam or bulb compost with added grit.
Temperature
5–20 °C in growth; tolerates cold winters, protect from waterlogged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
China (N. Sichuan)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium songpanicum is a plant species endemic to Sichuan Province in southern China. It grows in forests and brushlands at an elevation of approximately 1600–1700 m.

Allium songpanicum has bulbs up to 15 mm across. Scape is up to 20 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long and very narrow, about the same length as the scape but only about 3 mm across, often drooping under its own weight. Umbel has 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 songpanicum 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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