Common names:
Onion
Edible Onion
Garden Onion

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Tree
Life cycle:Annual
Sun Requirements:Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 9b
Flower Time:Fall
Inflorescence Type:Thyrse
Underground structures:Bulb
Uses:Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator:S (Sulfur)
Fe (Iron)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances:Pollution
Pollinators:Midges
Various insects
Conservation status:Near Threatened (NT)

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