Common names:
Garden Onion
Edible Onion
Onion

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Fern
Life cycle:Annual
Sun Requirements:Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences:Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 3
Flower Time:Spring
Inflorescence Type:Compound Umbel
Underground structures:Caudex
Uses:Suitable for miniature gardens
Dynamic Accumulator:P (Phosphorus)
K (Potassium)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances:Flood Resistant
Pollinators:Other
Bats
Conservation status:Near Threatened (NT)

illustration from the 1910 catalog, Burpee's, Philadelphia, Penns

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