Allium karataviense

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| taxon = Allium karataviense

| parent = Allium subg. Melanocrommyum

| image = Allium karataviense Karata-Lauch 2007-05-13 347.jpg

| authority = Regel

|synonyms=*Allium cabulicum Baker

• Allium karataviense var. granitovii Priszter
• Allium karataviense subsp. henrikii Rukšans 2007, not validly published because described in seed catalog without Latin descriptionRukšans, Janis. 2007. Buried Treasures: Finding and Growing the World's Choicest Bulbs. Timber Press.[http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art30 International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code), article 30] see §30.6[http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art39 International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code), article 39] see §39.1
• Allium singulifolium Rech.f.

|synonyms_ref=[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295807 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-295807 Allium karataviense en PlantList][http://www.tropicos.org/Name//18404628 Allium karataviense en Trópicos]

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Allium karataviense is an Asian species of onion in the Amaryllis family.Eduard August von Regel. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani 3(2): 243RHS Plant Finder 2009–2010, Dorling Kindersley, London, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-4053-4176-9}} It is commonly known as Turkistan onion or ornamental onion.{{Cite web|title=Allium karataviense (Ornamental Onion, Turkistan Onion) {{!}} North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox|url=https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/allium-karataviense/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=plants.ces.ncsu.edu}}

It is a native to central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan) (and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental plantBrickell, Christopher (Editor-in-chief),The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley, London, 1996, {{ISBN|0-7513-0303-8}}Hessayon, D. G. The Bulb Expert. Transworld Publishers Ltd. Londres, 1999). It has been selected for the Great Plant Picks list of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/122 |title=Allium karataviense, Turkestan onion |author= |access-date=November 15, 2017 |website=greatplantpicks.org}} The Latin specific epithet karataviense means of the Karatau mountains in Kazakhstan, in reference to the plant's native range.