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Leucocoryne alliacea

Leucocoryne alliacea
Photo: Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0

Leucocoryne alliacea is a bulbous geophyte from Chile, grown mainly as an outdoor garden or bulb-garden plant rather than a houseplant. Give it full sun, well-drained soil, and a dry summer rest.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the active growing season and keep dry while the bulb rests in summer.
Soil
Light, sandy, free-draining soil; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
Tolerates cool winters and mild summers; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & C. Chile
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucocoryne alliacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is endemic to Chile, where it is distributed between the Coquimbo and Los Lagos regions.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucocoryne alliacea 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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