Allium suworowii

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Allium}}

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|image = Allium suworowii 002 Russia, Ural region.jpg

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|taxon = Allium suworowii

|parent = Allium subg. Melanocrommyum

|authority = RegelTrudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 546 (1881)

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File:Allium suworowii 001 Russia, Ural region.jpg

Allium suworowii is a species of onion native to Afghanistan and Central Asia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528956-1 |title=Allium suworowii Regel |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=3 September 2020 }} It is a widely distributed and highly genetically variable species.{{cite journal |title=Phylogenetic analysis of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum infers cryptic species and demands a new sectional classification |year=2008 |last1=Gurushidze |first1=M. |last2=Fritsch |first2=R. |last3=Blattner |first3=F. |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=997–1007 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.003 |pmid=18824112 |bibcode=2008MolPE..49..997G }} It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.{{cite web|title=Allium suworowii |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/186083/i-Allium-suworowii-i/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=3 September 2020 }}