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Tel Aviv Garlic

Allium tel-avivense

Tel Aviv Garlic
Photo: Guy Waterval, Apache License 2.0

Tel Aviv garlic is a small bulb-forming perennial from the Eastern Mediterranean and Sinai, bearing a few pink flowers in a small umbel. It is a geophyte that stays dormant underground for part of the year, so give it a dry rest period.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth in spring and let the soil dry out fully once the foliage dies back.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix with good drainage.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Israel to Egypt
Climate
subtropical

About

Allium tel-avivense is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of only a few flowers. Tepals are pink, and the ovary is large, green and conspicuous. Its name comes from the city of Tel Aviv.

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 tel-avivense 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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