| Plants : Liliaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Allium paradoxum |
Description: This rather small and inconspicuous plant is somewhat like Allium triquetrum, but differs in having many of the flowers replaced by bulbils (tiny bulbs which act as propagules). It is a very rare garden escape established at a small number of shady sites.
A native of western Asia.
All names: Allium paradoxum (M.Bieb.)
Distribution Map from NBN: Allium paradoxum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Allium paradoxum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Allium paradoxum. (M.Bieb.). [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2204. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |