July 23 | Plant of the week Part VI

Allium not just for food

The genus Allium is very diverse, there are over 800, maybe even over 1000 species. They are distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. Among them we can find many species that are used in kitchens all over the world. One is the foliage and the other is the onion. Some of the alpine species are very popular and rare.
One of the most beautiful comes from the Italian Alps, it grows between Lake Como and Lake Garda at up to 2100 m above sea level.
Appropriately, it bears the name Allium insubricum, its pink to brugundy red, hanging flowers are umbel-like, bell-shaped.