{"id":25926,"date":"2020-07-06T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=25926"},"modified":"2022-12-01T20:17:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:17:45","slug":"allium-atroviolaceum-caucasian-turkish-garlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=25926","title":{"rendered":"Allium atroviolaceum?: Caucasian Turkish garlic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>(Note that there is a comment suggesting that this isn&#8217;t atroviolaceum and is probably rotundum, although accessions I&#8217;ve received as that species are much lower plants; will check in the spring)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Allium atroviolaceum<\/em> is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental. I&#8217;ve been growing it for some 15 years now and it is admittedly not very productive as an edimental under my conditions, but it&#8217;s nevertheless a beauty and it is currently coming into flower both in my own garden and the Allium garden at the Ringve Botanical Garden in Trondheim, where the pictures below were taken.\u00a0 Its wild distribution is in the Crimea, Caucasus, Middle Asia (Mountainous Turkmenistan, Syr-Darya foothill areas) and Iran.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25926 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25928'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960570.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960570.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960570-300x286.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960570-768x732.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960570-640x610.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25929'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960569.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960569.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960569-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25927'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960575.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960575.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960575-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960575-768x577.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P1960575-640x481.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the Armenian Highlands in Eastern Turkey, there are several ethnobotanical studies documenting its use in local food, presumably wild collected, although there are indications that it might also be cultivated for food including: <br \/>1) In <em>otlu peyniri<\/em>, a herbed cheese made out of sheep&#8217;s or cow&#8217;s milk. it is used as a flavouring along with many other species (from Wikipedia):<br \/>Ranunculus polyanthemos\u00a0L.(Ranunculaceae)<br \/>Nasturtium officinale\u00a0R. Br. (Brassicaceae)<br \/>Gypsophila\u00a0L. spp. (Caryophyllaceae)<br \/>Silene vulgaris\u00a0(Maench) Garcke var. vulgaris (Caryophyllaceae)<br \/>Anthriscus nemorosa\u00a0(Bieb.) Sprengel (Apiaceae)<br \/>Carum carvi\u00a0L. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Anethum graveolens\u00a0L. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Prangos pabularia\u00a0Lindl. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Prangos ferulacea\u00a0(L.) Lind. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Ferula\u00a0L. sp. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Ferula orientalis\u00a0L. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Ferula rigidula\u00a0DC. (Apiaceae)<br \/>Thymus kotschyanus\u00a0Boiss. et Hohen. var. glabrescens Boiss. (Lamiaceae)<br \/>Thymus migricus\u00a0Klokov et Des. \u2013 Shoct. (Lamiaceae)<br \/>Mentha spicata\u00a0L. subsp. spicata (Lamiaceae)<br \/>Ziziphora clinopodioides\u00a0Lam. (Lamiaceae)<br \/>Ocimum basilicum\u00a0L. (Lamiaceae)<br \/>Eremurus spectabilis\u00a0Bieb. (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium schoenoprasum\u00a0L. (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium fuscoviolaceum\u00a0Fomin (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium scorodoprasum\u00a0L.subsp. rotundum(L.)Stearn (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium aucheri\u00a0Boiss. (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium paniculatum\u00a0L. subsp. paniculatum (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium akaka\u00a0S. G. Gmelin (Liliaceae)<br \/>Allium\u00a0cf. cardiostemon\u00a0Fisch. et Mey. (Liliaceae)<br \/>2) In another study, the young shoots are used in various dishes and as a flavouring with yoghurt. It us used both boiled and raw. The bulbs are used to replace garlic in food.<br \/>Local names in Turkey include sirmo, k\u00f6rmen, and yabani sarimsak.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-25926 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25930'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12122745_10153536137470860_9153278408669391731_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-25930\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12122745_10153536137470860_9153278408669391731_n.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/12122745_10153536137470860_9153278408669391731_n-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-25930'>\n\t\t\t\tBulbs and bulbils\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25932'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P3097127.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-25932\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P3097127.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P3097127-253x300.jpg 253w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P3097127-768x910.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P3097127-640x758.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-25932'>\n\t\t\t\tSeed head in winter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25931'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB289005.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-25931\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB289005.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PB289005-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-25931'>\n\t\t\t\tSeed harvest\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Note that there is a comment suggesting that this isn&#8217;t atroviolaceum and is probably rotundum, although accessions I&#8217;ve received as that species are much lower plants; will check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[225,10,3962,24,1355],"tags":[345,3961,234,1294,3960],"class_list":["post-25926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edible-flowers","category-edimentals","category-ethnobotany","category-onions","category-perennial-vegetables","tag-allium-atroviolaceum","tag-armenian-highlands","tag-ringve-botanical-garden","tag-ringve-botaniske-hagen","tag-turkey"],"views":6256,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30739,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25926\/revisions\/30739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}