''Allium oschaninii'', the French gray shallot, ''griselle'' or true shallot, is a perennial plant of the onion

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

Allium ''Allium'' is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name ''Allium'' is the Latin word for garlic,Gledhill, ...

''. It forms underground bulbs much like the (French red)

shallot The shallot is a botanical variety (a cultivar) of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, ''Allium ascalonicum''. The taxon was synonymized with '' Allium cepa'' (the common onion) in 2010, as the ...

s, covered by a layer of pale brown-grey skin (hence the common name). It is native to Northeastern Iran and Central Asia. It is widely planted in parts of southern France for culinary use.

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