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Allium subangulatum is a wild onion from northwest China (Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai) that forms clusters of small bulbs and carries dense heads of reddish-purple flowers on a stalk up to about 35 cm tall. It is a hardy, cold-climate bulb suited to rock gardens and open, well-drained beds.
Allium subangulatum is a Chinese species of wild onion, native to Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai Provinces.
Allium subangulatum produces a cluster of narrow bulbs, each up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 35 cm tall. Leaves are long and very narrow, shorter than the scape and usually less than 1 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric with many flowers crowded together. Tepals reddish-purple with darker red midvein.
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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.
