Allium karataviense
Regel
Turkestan onion
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Bulb
Both the leaves and bulbs are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Central Asia, Tajikistan, Turkestan, Uzbekistan,
How to Identify
A temperate herb in the onion family (Amaryllidaceae) with edible bulbs and leaves.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allium karataviense is an Asian species of onion in the Amaryllis family. It is commonly known as Turkistan onion or ornamental onion. It is a native to central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan) (and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plant). It has been selected for the Great Plant Picks list of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest. The Latin specific epithet karataviense means of the Karatau mountains in Kazakhstan, in reference to the plant's native range.
Notes
They have also been put in the family Alliaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Chuchka piez, Chuchka pijoz
References (4)
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