Common Name: Ornamental Allium
Scientific Name: Allium aflatunense
Family Name: Liliaceae
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
April 11, 2002
About 500 species, all from the Northern Hemisphere. Relatives of the edible onion, peerless as cut flowers (fresh or dried), useful in borders; smaller kinds are effective in rock gardens. . . . Alliums bear small flowers in compact or loose roundish clusters at ends of leafless stems 6 inches to 5 feet tall or more. Many are delightfully fragrant; those with onion odor must be bruised or cut to give it off. Various species provide flowers from late spring through summer, in white and shades of pink, rose, violet, red, blue, yellow. Allium aflatunense has ball-like clusters of bright lilac flowers on stems 2-1/2 to 5 feet tall. [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z