Victory Onion

Allium victorialis

''Allium victorialis'', commonly known as victory onion, Alpine leek, and Alpine broad-leaf allium is a broad-leaved Eurasian species of wild onion. It is a perennial of the Amaryllis family that occurs widely in mountainous regions of Europe and parts of Asia.
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Appearance

''Allium victorialis'' attains a height of 30–45 cm and forms a sheathed bulb about the thickness of a finger and 5–8 cm long. Leaves are broad elliptical or lanceolate. Flowers are whitish green.

Naming

Some authors consider certain East Asian and Alaskan populations as constituting subspecies ''platyphyllum'' within the species ''Allium victorialis''. Recent sources recognize this group as a distinct species, called ''Allium ochotense.''

Distribution

''Allium victorialis'' is found widely across mountain ranges Europe, as well as the Caucasus and the Himalayas.

Uses

The plant, in past centuries in certain mountainous regions of Europe, "was cultivated as a medicinal and fetish plant".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAmaryllidaceae
GenusAllium
SpeciesA. victorialis
Photographed in
Slovenia