Allium karataviense
Species of flowering plant
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Allium karataviense is a species of onion in the Amaryllis family.[7][8] It is commonly known as Turkistan onion or ornamental onion.[9]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
| Species: | A. karataviense |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium karataviense | |
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It is native to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan,[1] and is cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plant.[10][11] It has been selected for the Great Plant Picks list of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest.[12] The Latin specific epithet karataviense means of the Karatau Mountains in Kazakhstan, in reference to the plant's native range.[13]
