About Allium howellii Eastw.
Allium howellii Eastw., commonly called Howell's onion, is a tall onion species. It grows from a reddish-brown bulb that measures 1 to 2 centimeters long, and produces a stem that can exceed half a meter in height. This plant produces a single cylindrical leaf that is roughly as long as its stem. Its inflorescence can hold up to 100 lavender to white flowers marked with dark veins; each individual flower is under one centimeter long. In terms of distribution and habitat, Howell's onion grows in granite and serpentine soils across multiple mountain ranges, hills, and valleys, ranging from San Joaquin County to San Bernardino County.
