WorldFloraDB - Allium pendulinum

Characteristics

A short onion plant with a bulb. It keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are 3-5 mm long and borne in a group spreading around the flower stalk. The flowers are white. It is like three-cornered leek (Allium triquetrum).

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.3

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

-

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

More

Shady damp locations and woods.

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

Usage

The leaves and bulbs are eaten raw in salads and also cooked.

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

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	-