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Allium stamineum

Allium stamineum is a bulbous wild onion from the Middle East, grown mainly for its airy, starry flowers in open, sunny ground. It is a hardy geophyte that needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it goes dormant in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during active growth in spring and let the soil dry out completely once the foliage has died down in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil; avoid heavy, wet clay.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect potted bulbs from prolonged waterlogging in winter.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
W. & S. Türkiye to Iran and Saudi Arabia
Climate
temperate

About

Allium stamineum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is an onion found in the Middle East (from the islands of the eastern Aegean south to Saudi Arabia and east to Iran).

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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 stamineum 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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