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Allium umbilicatum is a small wild onion from Central Asia and West Pakistan, grown as a hardy bulb for its dense pink flower heads. Plant the bulbs in well-drained soil in full sun and let the foliage die back naturally.
Allium umbilicatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a wild onion native to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. It is a herbaceous perennial up to 40 cm (16 in) tall, with an egg-shaped bulb up to 15 mm long. The leaves are tubular. The umbels are hemispherical and densely crowded with many pink flowers.
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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.
