Allium
karataviense (Alliaceae family) is from Central Asia and
has broad pairs of grey-green elliptic basal leaves. The pale
pink flowers are about 3 inches across and have purple mid-ribs.
The name indicates that it comes from the Kara Tau or Black
Mountains in Kazakhstan.
Plant Portraits through the year
The
plants are arranged in alphabetical order with the date of the photograph
after it.
