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Allium yongdengense

Allium yongdengense is a small wild onion species from the high grasslands of Gansu and Qinghai in China, forming clusters of tiny bulbs with a short flowering stalk. It is a rarely grown ornamental, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during active growth and keep nearly dry after the leaves die back.
Soil
Free-draining gritty soil or alpine-type mix.
Temperature
Cold hardy; tolerates winters well below freezing, but protect from prolonged waterlogging.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
E. Qinghai, China (Gansu)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium yongdengense is a plant species native to the Gansu and Qinghai regions in China.

Allium yongdengense has a cluster of narrow bulbs each up to 5 mm in diameter. Scape is generally less than 20 cm tall. Leaves are shorter than the scape, about 1 mm across. Umbels have only a few purplish flowers.

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 yongdengense 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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