Amaryllidaceae
Tumbleweed onion
Allium schubertii
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- ثوم شوبرتي
- arz
- ثوم شوبرتى
- Bulgarian
- Лук на Шуберт
- Chinese
- 舒伯特葱, 舒伯特蔥
- Czech
- Česnek Schubertův
- English
- Tumbleweed onion, Von Schubert's garlic
- French
- Ail de von Schubert
- German
- Von Schuberts Knoblauch
- Hebrew
- שום הגלגל
- Kazakh
- Ужуа
- Polish
- Czosnek Szuberta
- Russian
- Лук Шуберта
- Spanish
- Ajo de von Schubert
- Tajik
- Гулпиёз
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Simone, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Standish from Aurora, Colorado, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Tumbleweed onion: 蔥屬 Allium schubertii [澳洲 Heronswood Gardens, Australia]](/plants/allium-schubertii/photos/36d022b2402ac626-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.