Shallot
Variety of small onion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the French red shallot. For the Persian shallot, see Allium stipitatum. For the French grey shallot, see Allium oschaninii. For the fictional character, see Clifton Shallot.
See also: Allium fistulosum § Ambiguous names
The shallot is a cultivar group of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, Allium ascalonicum. The taxon was synonymized with Allium cepa (the common onion) in 2010, as the difference was too small to justify a separate species.[1][2]
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As part of the onion genus Allium, its close relatives include garlic, scallions, leeks, chives,[3] and the Chinese onion.[4]