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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Alliaceae
|genus=Allium
|species=cristophii
|common_name=Star of Persia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=bulbous
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=8
|Min ht metric=in
|Max ht box=20
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=8
|Min wd metric=in
|Max wd box=12
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=7
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| common_names = Persian Onion, Star-of-Persia
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| genus =
| genus = Allium
| species =
| species = cristophii
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'''''Allium cristophii''''' ('''''' <ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406525 ''Allium cristophii''] at [http://www.ars-grin.gov/ Germplasm Resources Information Network]</ref>; [[syn.]] ''Allium albopilosum'' <ref>[http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scenec7fd.html ''Allium cristophii''] at [http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scenee139.html Flower Growing Guides] of [[Cornell University]]</ref>) is an [[ornamental plant]]. {{wp}}
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Allium albopilosum, C. H. Wright. Very robust: lvs. strap-shaped, 154 in. wide, 18 in. or less long: scape 1 ft. as many as 80-fld.; fls. deep lilac with metallic sheen, the segms. nearly 1 in. long, rigid after flowering. Persia, etc. B.M. 7982. G.C.III. 34:40.—Probably the largest-fld., and most imposing garden species.
Allium albopilosum, C. H. Wright. Very robust: lvs. strap-shaped, 154 in. wide, 18 in. or less long: scape 1 ft. as many as 80-fld.; fls. deep lilac with metallic sheen, the segms. nearly 1 in. long, rigid after flowering. Persia, etc. B.M. 7982. G.C.III. 34:40.—Probably the largest-fld., and most imposing garden species.
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