Synonyms
Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don: Scilla paradoxa M.Bieb
Allium ursinum L.: Allium latifolium Gillb
Allium victorialis L.: Allium microdictyum Prokh.; Allium ochotense Prokh.; Allium latissimum Prokh
Local Names
Armenia: Allium paradoxum: (Sokh tarorinak), (Khazez); Azerbaijan: Allium paradoxum: Xəzəz soğanı; Allium ursinum: Аyı sоğаnı; Allium victorialis: Qаlib sоğаnı; Georgia: Allium ursinum: – ghandzili, – ghanzil (Ingolian), – ghandzeli (Khevsuretian), – shishgil (Svanetian), – nikhandzil (Svanetian), – khandzili (Pshavian), – jishk’ila (Imeretian, Gurian, Megrelian). Allium victorialis: – mtis ghandzili, – basho (Mokhevian), – niorai (Mthiuletian), – shebu (Tushetian), – shibu (Pshavian), – maghdena (Svanetian), – dashden nivra (Svanetian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Wild onion.
Botany and Ecology
Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don
Perennial herb, bulb globose to 1 cm diameter; a notably odorous plant. Outer skin of bulb grey, papery. Flower stem triangular in section,...
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Fayvush, G. et al. (2016). Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don Allium ursinum L. Allium victorialis L. Amaryllidaceae. In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50009-6_135-1
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