''Allium karataviense'' is an

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Brickell, Christopher (Editor-in-chief),''The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants'', Dorling Kindersley, London, 1996, ). It has been selected for the Great Plant Picks list of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest. The Latin specific epithet ''karataviense'' means of the Karatau mountains in Kazakhstan, in reference to the plant's native range.

Description

''Allium karataviense'' is an herbaceous, bulb-forming species. It produces a basal rosette of wide, arching

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s.Rosella Rossi. 1990. Guía de Bulbos. Grijalbo. Barcelona Basal leaves are broad-elliptic, spreading, gray-green, and appear in pairs. Flowers are lilac to pink in color and have a mild fragrance.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4268503 karataviense Flora of Central Asia Tian Shan Plants described in 1875 Garden plants of Asia