Allium sphaerocephalon
Allium sphaerocephalon L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 89 cm
- wide
- —
Amaryllidaceae
Formerly Porrum sphaerocephalon
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds, stems, bulbs) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Canary Is., Europe, Medit. to CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 76 cm to 1.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Czech
- česnek kulatohlavý
- Danish
- Rundhoved-Løg
- German
- Kugelköpfiger Lauch
- Spanish
- Ajo de cigüeña
- Finnish
- Pallerolaukka
- Dutch
- Kogellook
- Chinese
- 圆头大花葱
- Slovenian
- oblasti luk
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Allium sphaerocephalon (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.