Allium oschaninii O.Fedtsch.

Échalote grise (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

An onion family plant. A bulb plant. It grows to 1 m high. Bulbs are 4 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows naturally in rocky crevices in mountains in Afghanistan.
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Rocky crevices and stony slopes in mountains.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw.
Uses food gene source medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or by dividing the clumps.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Allium oschaninii world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528547-1
WFO ID wfo-0000756893
COL ID 5TX6K
BDTFX ID 75515
INPN ID 81460
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Synonyms

Allium oschaninii Allium cepa var. sylvestre