Ailsa Craig Onion
Allium cepa
Dangerous to: cattle, horses, dogs, cats
If an animal has eaten this, call your vet.
About
Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means "cultivated garlic".
- Family
- Alliaceae
How to use it
This plant can be grown across a wide geographic range, as it is suitable for cultivation in USDA hardiness zones 3 through 9.
Sources: Grangery
At a glance
What it needs
USDA hardiness
Zones 3–9
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ailsa Craig Onion
- Slug
- ailsa-craig-onion
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Alliaceae
- Genus
- Allium
- Species
- cepa
- Category
- Allium
- Hardiness zone (min)
- 3
- Hardiness zone (max)
- 9
- Average height (cm)
- 0
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52
Generated sections & citations
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- wikidata (common_name)
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion
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- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion
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- sprigloom (hardiness)