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Allium subtilissimum is a small wild onion from Central Asia that forms clusters of tiny bulbs and produces a few red or purple flowers on a short stem. It is a hardy bulb best grown in a sunny, well-drained spot.
Allium subtilissimum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Altay Krai, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
Allium subtilissimum creates a cluster of narrow bulbs each rarely more than 10 mm across. Scape is short for the genus, up to only 20 cm in height. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape, only about 500 μm wide. Umbels only a few flowers, these red or purple.
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
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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.
