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Allium karataviense
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Allium karataviense is an Asian species of onion in the Amaryllis family.[7][8] It is commonly known as Turkistan onion or ornamental onion.[9]
It is a native to central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan)[1] (and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plant[10][11]). It has been selected for the Great Plant Picks list of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest.[12] The Latin specific epithet karataviense means of the Karatau mountains in Kazakhstan, in reference to the plant's native range.[13]
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Allium karataviense is an herbaceous, bulb-forming species. It produces a basal rosette of wide, arching leaves.[14] Basal leaves are broad-elliptic, spreading, gray-green, and appear in pairs. Flowers are lilac to pink in color and have a mild fragrance.[13]
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