Characteristics
An onion family plant. A bulb plant. It grows to 60-90 cm high. The bulbs are 15-30 mm wide. The flowers are wine red and small and starry. The flowers are 5 cm across and borne in a round head.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
herb
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
0.55 - 0.75
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| Mature height (meter) |
1.0
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
It grows naturally in shaded humus rich soils along rocky cliffs between 1900 metres to 2200 metres in the Himalayas in North India. It prefers a sunny position in a light well drained soil. It should tolerate temperatures down to-10°C.
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| Soil humidity |
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Usage
The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw or to flavour salads.
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seed or by division of clumps. Bulbs should be planted fairly deeply.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 365
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
14 - 16
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| Germination luminosity |
light
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| Germination treatment |
stratification
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-18
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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