Amaryllidaceae
Blue globe onion
Allium caeruleum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- ثوم نيلي فاتح
- arz
- ثوم نيلى فاتح
- Azerbaijani
- Mavi soğan
- Bulgarian
- Син лук
- Chinese
- 棱叶韭, 棱葉韭, 薤白
- Czech
- Česnek azurový
- English
- Blue globe onion, Blue ornamental onion
- Estonian
- Taevassinine lauk
- Finnish
- Sinilaukka
- German
- Blauer Lauch
- Icelandic
- Bollulaukur
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blålauk
- Persian
- سیر گل آبی
- Polish
- Czosnek błękitny, Czosnek niebieski
- Russian
- Лук голубой
- Swedish
- Azurlök
Synonyms
- Allium azureum Ledeb.
- Allium caerulescens G.Don
- Allium viviparum Kar. & Kir.
Photos
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Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Averater, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.