Amaryllidaceae
Persian onion
Allium cristophii
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 纸花葱, 纸花韭
- Czech
- Česnek ozdobný
- English
- Persian onion, Star of Persia
- Persian
- والک زیبا
- Russian
- Лук Христофа
Synonyms
- Allium albopilosum C.H.Wright
- Allium bodeanum Regel
- Allium walteri Regel
- Caloscordum cristophii (Trautv.) Banfi & Galasso
Photos
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schubbay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.