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Scientific classification
Genus:	Allium
Species:	obliquum
Synonyms
Allium exaltatum Kar. & Kir. ex Ledeb. Allium luteum F.Dietr. Allium porrum Georgi 1779, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium ramosum Jacq. 1781, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Camarilla obliqua (L.) Salisb. Cepa obliqua (L.) Moench Geboscon obliquum (L.) Raf. Moenchia obliqua (L.) Medik.

Allium obliquum, common name lop-sided onion or twisted-leaf onion, is a Eurasian species of wild onion with a range extending from Romania to Mongolia. It is also widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.

Allium obliquum produces an egg-shaped bulb up to 3 cm long. Scape is up to 100 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, shorter than the scape, up to 20 mm across. Umbels are spherical, with many yellow flowers crowded together.

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