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Walla Walla 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
Gardening tip
When planning your garden layout, keep in mind that this plant is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 9.
Sources: Grangery
At a glance
What it needs
USDA hardiness
Zones 3–9
Zone 1Zone 13
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Walla Walla Onion
- Slug
- walla-walla-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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- wikidata (common_name)
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion
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- sprigloom (hardiness)