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Common Cultivated Onion
The cultivated onion is an edible, summer-flowering, perennial bulb that grows best in sunny locations with well-drained soils. Cultivated onions grow to heights of 30 to 70 cm (12 to 28 in) and produce pink or white flowers.
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