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Amaryllidaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Allium calocephalum

Allium calocephalum

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

Although no individual reports regarding this species have been seen, there have been cases of poisoning caused by the consumption, in large quantities and by some mammals, of certain members of this genus. Dogs seem to be particularly susceptible[1].

Cultivation Details

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Growth—

Allium calocephalum is a plant of semi-arid temperate regions. Fairly tolerant of winter cold, the plant requires summer heat and dry wintersif it is to succeed. Species in this genus generally prefer a sunny position in a light well-drained soil[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Allium+calocephalum>

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References

  1. [1]Poisonous Plants in Britain and their Effects on Animals and Man. — Cooper. M. and Johnson. A. · HMSO · 1984 · ISBN 0112425291 ↩︎Concentrates mainly on the effects of poisonous plants to livestock.
  2. [2]RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 — F. Chittendon. · Oxford University Press · 1951 · ISBN - ↩︎Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaced in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [ 200 ]).
  3. [3]Flora of Iraq; Volume 8, Monocotyledones — Townsend C.C. & Guest E. (Editors) · Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform; Baghdad · 1985 ↩︎
  4. [4]Alliums. The Ornamental Onions. — Davies. D. · Batsford · 1992 · ISBN 0-7134-7030-5 ↩︎Covers about 200 species of Alliums. A very short section on their uses, good details of their cultivation needs.
  5. [5]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  6. [6]The Ethnobotanical Usage of Some East Anatolian(Turkey) Allium L. Species — Firat M. · 2015 ↩︎
  7. [7]Medicinal Properties of Allium calocephalum Collected from Gara Mountain (Iraq) — Mohammed F.S. et al · 2019 ↩︎
  8. [8]Companion Planting for Successful Gardening. — Riotte. L. · Garden Way, Vermont, USA. · 1978 · ISBN 0-88266-064-0 ↩︎Fairly good.
  9. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎