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Amaryllidaceae

273 species · Plants

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Allium pendulinum Ten.

Italian garlic (Allium pendulinum) is a small perennial herb found only in Italy and nearby Mediterranean islands.

Allium brevistylum S.Watson

Allium brevistylum is a wild onion species native to high mountain areas of the western United States.

Allium crispum Greene

Allium crispum is a small onion species with magenta crinkled flowers that prefers part shade, native to the US.

Allium fimbriatum S.Watson

Allium fimbriatum, the fringed onion, is a wild onion native to California and Baja California, with four accepted varieties.

Allium howellii Eastw.

Allium howellii Eastw. (Howell's onion) is a tall onion species native to California, growing in specific soils between two California counties.

Allium cratericola Eastw.

Allium cratericola Eastw. is a small onion species with clustered bell-shaped flowers in white, pink, or purplish hues.

Allium bolanderi S.Watson

Allium bolanderi, or Bolander's onion, is a wild onion native to the western US, with two recognized varieties.

Allium abramsii (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal

Allium abramsii is a small onion species endemic to the central Sierra Nevada in California.

Allium anceps Kellogg

Allium anceps (twinleaf onion) is an edible wild onion native to the western United States.

Allium atrorubens S.Watson

Allium atrorubens, or dark red onion, is a wild onion native to desert regions of the southwestern United States.

Allium bisceptrum S.Watson

Allium bisceptrum, or twincrest onion, is a perennial wild onion native to the western United States with culinary uses for native peoples.

Allium burlewii Davidson

Allium burlewii, or Burlew's onion, is a wild onion species endemic to mountainous California.

Allium hyalinum Curran

Allium hyalinum, the glassy onion, is a bulbous flowering plant with white to pink-tinted flowers that develop transparent tepals as they age.

Allium lemmonii S.Watson

Allium lemmonii (Lemmon's onion) is a common wild onion native to the western United States Great Basin that favors dry clay soils.

Allium monticola Davidson

Allium monticola is an uncommon wild onion endemic to rocky mountain areas of southern California.

Allium nevadense S.Watson

Allium nevadense, the Nevada onion, is a wild onion native to the western United States.

Allium obtusum Lemmon

Allium obtusum, the red Sierra onion, is a bulb‑growing onion species with specific traits distinguishing it from related Allium campanulatum.

Allium parishii S.Watson

Allium parishii (Parish's onion) is an uncommon wild onion native to the deserts of southern California and western Arizona.

Allium parvum Kellogg

Allium parvum (small onion) is a western US wild onion used by the Paiute people as food and flavoring.

Allium platycaule S.Watson

Allium platycaule (broadstemmed onion) is a wild onion native to parts of the western US, once used as food by the Northern Paiute people.

Allium sharsmithiae (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal

Allium sharsmithiae is a bulbous flowering plant with deep reddish-purple urn-shaped flowers and yellow anthers and pollen.

Allium siskiyouense Ownbey ex Traub

Allium siskiyouense, the Siskiyou onion, is a small wild onion native to northern California and Oregon, growing on rocky, often serpentine soils.

Allium tolmiei Baker

Allium tolmiei (Tolmie's onion) is a North American wild onion with two recognized varieties.

Allium aaseae Ownbey

Allium aaseae (Aase's onion) is an endemic onion species from southwestern Idaho, named for botanist Hannah Caroline Aase.

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