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Allium cristophii, the Persian onion or star of Persia, [6] [7] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Iran, Turkey, and Turkmenistan, though grown as an ornamental bulbous plant in many parts of the world. [3] It may be sold under the synonym of Allium albopilosum.
Allium stipitatum, Persian shallot, [4] is an Asian species of onion native to central and southwestern Asia. Some sources regard Allium stipitatum and A. hirtifolium as the same species, [ 3 ] while others treat A. stipitatum and A. hirtifolium as distinct. [ 5 ]
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.
Allium hollandicum, the Persian onion [1] [2] or Dutch garlic, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan [4] but widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its umbels of attractive purple flowers. [5] [6] [7] It is reportedly naturalized in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. [8] [9] [10]
Bombus vancouverensis feeding on Allium cernuum. The species has been reported from much of the United States, Canada and Mexico including in the Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to New York State, the Great Lakes Region, the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys, the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri, and the Rocky and Cascade Mountains of the West, from Mexico to Washington.
Pearl onion; Kurrat, [9] [11] Egyptian leek or salad leek. This variety has small bulbs, and primarily the leaves are eaten. Persian leek (A. ampeloprasum ssp. persicum). A cultivated allium native to the Middle East and Iran, grown for culinary purposes and called tareh in Persian. The linear green leaves have a mild onion flavor and are eaten ...
Allium obtusum is a species of wild onion known by the common name red Sierra onion or subalpine onion.It is native to eastern California and western Nevada.It is a common plant in the granite foothills and mountains of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range, from Tulare County to Siskiyou County, from elevations of 800 to 3,500 metres (2,600 to 11,500 ft).
Allium amplectens, the narrowleaf onion, is a species of flowering plant. It is an onion native to the west coast of the United States, in Oregon, Washington State and California, also British Columbia in Canada.