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Onions
Onions
Allium
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Northern Hemisphere
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Millennium onions are an heirloom variety of Allium, a flowering plant in the Plantae group, that can live up to a millennium. They are known for their large, white, papery bulbs that have been cultivated for thousands of years.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium