About Allium parishii S.Watson
Allium parishii is an uncommon species of wild onion, commonly known as Parish's onion. It is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert regions, found in San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Counties of California, as well as Yuma and Mohave Counties of Arizona. This species grows on open, dry, rocky slopes at elevations ranging from 900 to 1,400 meters (3,000 to 4,600 feet).
Allium parishii grows from a reddish-brown bulb that measures just over one centimeter in length, and produces an upright scape that can reach up to roughly 25 centimeters tall. It has a single cylindrical leaf, which is usually longer than the flowering stem. The inflorescence is an umbel that holds up to 25 pale pink flowers with dark veins; each flower has narrow tepals between one and two centimeters long. Both the anthers and pollen of this species are yellow.
