Onions and garlic are two of the basic and most important spices consume by humans worldwide. The city where I am presently residing is tagged as “The Onion Capital of the Philippines”. In connection to this, our city conducts an annual festival called the “Tanduyong Festival”.

Some varieties of onion and garlic are cultivated for commercial purposes, others just grow in the wild and some are grown as ornamental plants. When we buy onions or garlic in the market or in grocery stores, we only see them (usually) on their harvested/dried forms, ready for consumption. But have you ever seen an onion or garlic on a pot, in the wilderness or while they are still on the farm?

When we chop onions, they usually makes us cry, now, feast your eyes with some of their most gorgeous and beautiful flowers. Most of these flowers are from wild varieties and some of them are from ornamentals.

Here are the 10 most captivating garlic and onion flowers.

Redskin Onion (Allium haematochiton)

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Allium haematochiton is a species of wild onion known by the common name redskin onion. It is native to northern Baja California and southern California where it grows on the slopes of the coastal hills. It has a small rhizome associated with clusters of red-skinned bulbs. From these grow several naked green stems, each with a few withering, curling leaves. Atop each stem is an inflorescence of several flowers, each on a short pedicel.

Giant Onion (Allium giganteum)

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This beautiful flower that is about to bloom belongs to Giant Onion, a perennial plant. This plant is an edible bulb, and it is used as a medicinal and ornamental plant.

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This unique flower that looks like a ball is the full-blown flower of Giant Onion.

Rawhide Hill Onion (Allium tuolumnense)

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Allium tuolumnense is a rare species of wild onion known by the common name Rawhide Hill onion. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a small section of the Sierra Nevada foothills. It is a plant of serpentine soils.

Purple Sensation (Allium aflatunense)

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This lovely-looking flower belongs to Purple Sensation, a flowering onion, a plant in the garlic family, Alliaceae.

Broadleaf Wild Leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

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Another pretty flower is the flower of Allium ampeloprasum. It is a member of the onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as (Broadleaf) Wild Leek – not to be confused with the N. American Allium tricoccum of the same name. Its native range is Southern Europe to Western Asia, and seems to have been introduced to Britain by prehistoric people, where its habitat consists of rocky places near the coast in south-west England and Wales. It has been differentiated into three different cultivated vegetables, namely leek, elephant garlic and kurrat.

Crinkled Onion (Allium crispum)

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This beautiful and brightly colored flower that resembles a flower of an orchid is the flower of Allium crispum, a species of wild onion. It is known by the common name crinkled onion. It is endemic to California, USA, where it grows along the Central Coast, often in clays and serpentine soils.

Lily Leek (Allium moly)

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The lovely-looking Lily Leek, a perrenial plant, is primarly found in Southern France and Spain.  It is an edible and economically important species used as a medicinal and ornamental plant. It is also known as Golden Garlic.

Round-headed Leek (Allium sphaerocephalon)

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The Round-headed leek is also known as Round-headed garlic, ball-head onion, and other variations on these names. Other names include Drumsticks, and in Germany, Kugellauch. It is a hardy perennial plant of the family Alliaceae, the onion family. It is grown by gardeners for its striking appearance when in flower. The purple spherical flower head is borne on a long spike, up to 50cm in height, usually in the month of July.

Naples Garlic (Allium neapolitanum)

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Naples Garlic is known by many common names like Daffodil Garlic, False Garlic, Flowering Onion, Naples Onion, Guernsey Star-of-Bethlehem, Neapolitan Garlic, Star, and White Garlic. It is a perennial bulbous plant of the genus Allium, the onion family. It is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. It is classed as an invasive in parts of the U.S

Golden Garlic (Allium moly)

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This bright yellow-colored flower is a species of Allium moly. It is a native of Southern Europe. The bright yellow flowers appear in groups up to 5 cm across. Each star-shaped flower comprises six pointed petals.

There are 500 species of allium worldwide.

For more article about plants see

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For other flower related articles see

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