# List of onion cultivars

There are dozens of cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa), one of the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium, But there are also other species cultivated as 'onions'. Many are named after the first person to breed them, or the locality they came from. Different localities often use their own common names for cultivars that are genetically almost identical. Sometimes different cultivars are known by the same common name (for example the name 'Chinese chives' could be referring to Allium odorum or Allium tuberosum). This list is based on the USDAs accepted classification.

## Cultivar names

| Common name | Scientific name | Notes |
| Abrams' onion | Allium abramsii (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal | |
| Allegheny onion | Allium allegheniense Small | |
| Aspen onion | Allium bisceptrum S. Watson var. palmeri (S. Watson) Cronquist | |
| Autumn onion | Allium stellatum Fraser ex Ker Gawl. | |
| Bear garlic, Ramsons, Wild Garlic | Allium ursinum L. | |
| Beegum onion | Allium hoffmanii Ownbey | |
| Bigelow's onion | Allium bigelovii S. Watson | |
| Black garlic | Allium nigrum L. | |
| Blue Mountain onion | Allium dictuon H. St. John | |
| Bolander's onion | Allium bolanderi S. Watson and vars. bolanderi, mirabile, stenanthum | |
| Brandegee's onion | Allium brandegeei S. Watson | |
| Broadleaf wild leek | Allium ampeloprasum L. | |
| Broadleaf wild leek | Allium atroviolaceum Boiss. | |
| Broadstemmed onion | Allium platycaule S. Watson | |
| Bulbil onion | Allium geyeri S. Watson var. tenerum M.E. Jones | |
| Burlew's onion | Allium burlewii Davidson | |
| Cascade onion | Allium cratericola Eastw. | |
| Chinese chives | Allium odorum L. | |
| Chinese chives | Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. | |
| Clokey's onion | Allium howellii Eastw. var. clokeyi Ownbey & Aase | |
| Coastal onion | Allium dichlamydeum Greene | |
| Columbian onion | Allium columbianum (Ownbey & Mingrone) P. Peterson, Annable & Rieseberg | |
| Compact onion | Allium vineale L. ssp. compactum (Thuill.) Coss. & Germ. | |
| Congdon's onion | Allium sanbornii Alph. Wood var. congdonii Jeps. | |
| Crinkled onion | Allium crispum Greene | |
| Cuddy Mountain onion | Allium fibrillum M.E. Jones | |
| Cultivated garlic | Allium sativum L. | |
| Darkred onion | Allium atrorubens S. Watson and vars. atrorubens, cristatum | |
| Dotted onion | Allium punctum L.F. Hend. | |
| Douglas' onion | Allium douglasii Hook. | |
| Drummond's onion | Allium drummondii Regel | |
| Dusky onion | Allium campanulatum S. Watson | |
| Early onion | Allium praecox Brandegee | |
| Egyptian onion | Allium proliferum (hybrid of A. cepa and A. fistulosum) | |
| Elmendorf's onion | Allium elmendorfii M.E. Jones ex Ownbey | |
| Field garlic | Allium oleraceum L. | |
| Fragile onion | Allium scilloides Douglas ex S. Watson | |
| Fraser meadow garlic | Allium canadense L. var. fraseri Ownbey | |
| Fringed onion | Allium fimbriatum S. Watson and var. fimbriatum | |
| Garden leek | Allium porrum L. | |
| Garden onion | Allium cepa L. | Synonyms Allium cepa var. aggregatum G. Don Allium cepa var. anglicum Alef. Allium cepa var. argenteum Alef. Allium cepa var. bifolium Alef. Allium cepa var. bulbiferum Regel Allium cepa var. crinides Alef. Allium cepa var. flandricum Alef. Allium cepa var. globosum Alef. Allium cepa var. hispanicum Alef. Allium cepa var. jamesii Alef. Allium cepa var. lisboanum Alef. Allium cepa var. luteum Alef. Allium cepa var. multiplicans L.H. Bailey Allium cepa var. portanum Alef. Allium cepa var. praecox Alef. Allium cepa var. proliferum (Moench) Regel Allium cepa var. rosum Alef. Allium cepa var. sanguineum Alef. Allium cepa var. solaninum Alef Allium cepa var. sylvestre Regel Allium cepa var. tripolitanum Alef. Allium cepa var. viviparum (Metz) Mansf. Allium cepaeum St.-Lag. Allium commune Noronha Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Allium esculentum Salisb. Allium napus Pall. ex Kunth Allium nigritanum A.Chev. [Invalid] Allium pauciflorum Willd. ex Ledeb. Allium salota Dostál Ascalonicum sativum P.Renault Cepa alba P.Renault Cepa esculenta Gray Cepa pallens P.Renault Cepa rubra P.Renault Cepa vulgaris (L.) Garsault [invalid] Kepa esculenta (L.) Raf. Porrum cepa (L.) Rchb. |
| Geyer's onion | Allium geyeri S. Watson and vars. chatterleyi, geyeri | |
| Gland onion | Allium glandulosum Link & Otto | |
| Glassy onion | Allium hyalinum Curran | |
| Goodding's onion | Allium gooddingii Ownbey | |
| Grand Coulee onion | Allium constrictum (Ownbey & Mingrone) P. Peterson, Annable & Rieseberg | |
| Hickman's onion | Allium hickmanii Eastw. | |
| Howell's onion | Allium howellii Eastw. and var. howellii | |
| Hyacinth meadow garlic | Allium canadense L. var. hyacinthoides (Bush) Ownbey & Aase | |
| Jepson's onion | Allium jepsonii (Ownbey & Aase) S. Denison & McNeal | |
| Jeweled onion | Allium serra McNeal & Ownbey | |
| Kern's pitted onion | Allium lacunosum S. Watson var. kernense McNeal & Ownbey | |
| Kunth's onion | Allium kunthii G. Don | |
| Largeflower onion | Allium macropetalum Rydb. | |
| Lemmon's onion | Allium lemmonii S. Watson | |
| Lillydale onion | Allium oxyphilum Wherry | |
| Little River Canyon onion | Allium speculae Ownbey & Aase | |
| Manyflower onion | Allium pleianthum S. Watson | |
| Meadow garlic | Allium canadense L. and vars. canadense, ecristatum, lavandulare, mobilense | |
| Mediterranean onion | Allium paniculatum L. | |
| Mexicali onion | Allium peninsulare Lemmon ex Greene | |
| Mojave fringed onion | Allium fimbriatum S. Watson var. mohavense (Tidestr.) Jeps. | |
| Munz's onion | Allium munzii (Ownbey ex Traub) McNeal | |
| Narrowleaf onion | Allium amplectens Hook. | |
| Narrowleaf wild leek | Allium burdickii (Hanes) A.G. Jones | |
| Nevada onion | Allium nevadense S. Watson | |
| Nevius' garlic | Allium nevii S. Watson | |
| New Mexican nodding onion | Allium cernuum Roth var. neomexicanum (Rydb.) J.F. Macbr. | |
| Nodding onion | Allium cernuum Roth and vars. cernuum, obtusum | |
| Olympic onion | Allium crenulatum Wiegand | |
| One-leaf onion | Allium unifolium Kellogg | |
| Pacific onion | Allium validum S. Watson | |
| Papery onion | Allium membranaceum Ownbey | |
| Parish's onion | Allium parishii S. Watson | |
| Parry's fringed onion | Allium parryi S. Watson | |
| Passey's onion | Allium passeyi N.H. Holmgren & A.H. Holmgren | |
| Peninsula onion | Allium peninsulare Lemmon ex Greene var. peninsulare | Many references give the common name "Peninsula Onion", this may be a perpetuated typo, but EOL uses "Peninsula onion" |
| Pitted onion | Allium lacunosum S. Watson and vars. davisiae, lacunosum, lacunosum, micranthum | |
| Plains onion | Allium perdulce S.V. Fraser and var.perdulce | |
| Purdy's fringed onion | Allium fimbriatum S. Watson var. purdyi (Eastw.) Ownbey & Aase | |
| Rakkyo | Allium chinense G. Don | |
| Ramp | Allium tricoccum Aiton | |
| Rawhide Hill onion | Allium tuolumnense (Ownbey & Aase) S. Denison & McNeal | |
| Red Sierra onion | Allium obtusum Lemmon and vars. conspicuum, obtusum | |
| Redskin onion | Allium haematochiton S. Watson | |
| Robinson's onion | Allium robinsonii L.F. Hend. | |
| Rock onion | Allium macrum S. Watson | |
| Runyon's onion | Allium runyonii Ownbey | |
| San Benito onion | Allium howellii Eastw. var. sanbenitense (Traub) Ownbey & Aase | |
| San Bernardino Mountain onion | Allium monticola Davidson | |
| San Francisco onion | Allium peninsulare Lemmon ex Greene var. franciscanum McNeal & Ownbey | |
| Sanborn's onion | Allium sanbornii Alph. Wood and var. sanbornii | |
| Sand leek | Allium scorodoprasum L. and ssp. rotundum | |
| Scytheleaf onion | Allium falcifolium Hook. & Arn. | |
| Serpentine onion | Allium diabolense (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal | |
| Sevendevils onion | Allium tolmiei (Hook.) Baker ex S. Watson var. persimile Ownbey | |
| Sharsmith's onion | Allium sharsmithiae (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal | |
| Shortstyle onion | Allium brevistylum S. Watson | |
| Simil onion | Allium simillimum L.F. Hend. | |
| Siskiyou onion | Allium siskiyouense Ownbey | |
| Small onion | Allium parvum Kellogg | |
| South Idaho onion | Allium aaseae Ownbey | |
| Spanish Needle onion | Allium shevockii McNeal | |
| Sperry's onion | Allium perdulce S.V. Fraser var. sperryi Ownbey | |
| Striped garlic | Allium cuthbertii Small | |
| Swamp onion | Allium madidum S. Watson | |
| Tanners Canyon onion | Allium plummerae S. Watson | |
| Tapertip onion | Allium acuminatum Hook. | |
| Textile onion | Allium textile A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr. | |
| Threebract onion | Allium tribracteatum Torr. | |
| Threecorner leek | Allium triquetrum L. | |
| Tolmie's onion | Allium tolmiei (Hook.) Baker ex S. Watson and var. tolmiei | |
| Toothed onion | Allium denticulatum (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal | |
| Triploid onion | Allium cornutum | |
| Twincrest onion | Allium bisceptrum S. Watson and var. bisceptrum | |
| Twinleaf onion | Allium anceps Kellogg | |
| Victory onion | Allium victorialis L. | |
| Wakegi onion | Allium wakegi (hybrid between A. cepa and A. fistulosum) | |
| Wallowa onion | Allium tolmiei (Hook.) Baker ex S. Watson var. platyphyllum (Tidestr.) Ownbey | |
| Welsh onion | Allium fistulosum L. | |
| White garlic | Allium neapolitanum Cirillo | |
| Wild chives | Allium schoenoprasum L. and vars. schoenoprasum, sibiricum | |
| Wild garlic | Allium vineale L. and ssp. vineale | |
| Wild onion | Allium ascalonicum L. | |
| Yellowflower onion | Allium coryi M.E. Jones | |
| Yosemite onion | Allium yosemitense Eastw. | |