Allium falcifolium
About
Allium falcifolium is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name scytheleaf onion or coast flatstem onion. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in heavy, rocky soils, especially serpentine soils.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
How to use it
The scytheleaf onion grows best in heavy, rocky soils, particularly serpentine soils, making it an interesting choice for ecological restoration projects in similar environments.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Gardening tip
If you are attempting to cultivate this species, keep in mind its natural habitat: it is adapted to heavy, rocky soils, particularly serpentine soils, meaning it requires excellent drainage and can tolerate mineral-heavy, rocky ground where other plants might fail.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Allium falcifolium
- Slug
- allium-falcifolium
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
- Species
- falcifolium
- Wikidata QID
- Q4732902
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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