Plants : LiliaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Allium paradoxum (M.Bieb.)

Few-flowered Garlic

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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.