WorldFloraDB - Allium paradoxum

Characteristics

An onion family plant. A bulb plant. It grows to 25 cm high. Each bulb has a single leaf. It is 20-30 cm long by 25 mm wide. It has a keeled midrib. There are 1-10 flowers in a head. They are white. There are also bulbils on the flower head.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.3 - 0.55

Mature height (meter)

0.25 - 0.28

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It grows naturally in Iran in waste places on damp soils and is naturalised in a number of places in Britain. It prefers a sunny position and a light well drained soil and can grow in wet clay soils. They can tolerate shade. It suits hardiness zones 7-9.

More

Hedge banks and waste places on damp soils. Shady places in forests.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	bulbs flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed, bulbils or by dividing the clumps.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	10
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-18
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-