Amaryllidaceae

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  • Allium acuminatum – tapertip onion

    • umbels with 10-40 flowers atop a tall scape
    • 6 magenta (or white) tepals per flower
    • few leaves and all withered prior to flowering
    • dry hillsides, sun-exposed rocky meadows and slope, volcanic areas

  • Allium brevistylum / short-styled onion

    • clusters of 7-15 urn-shaped flowers atop a single flowering stalk
    • pink with 6 tepals
    • leaves much shorter than the inflorescence
    • leaves grow from base and are "grass-like"
    • swampy meadows and along streams
    • smells like onions/garlic

  • Allium geyeri / Geyer’s onion

    • smells like onions
    • magenta (occasionally white) flowers on ca. 15 inch stem
    • each flower urn-shaped with flared, pointy tips; yellow anthers
    • leaves persistent during flowering
    • rocky slopes in brush and pines, sometimes in dense stands

  • Allium schoenoprasum / chives

    • globe-shaped umbels of pink flowers with darker midveins (stripes)
    • hollow, tubular leaves and flower stalks
    • smells like onions
    • grows from bulbs in clumps or sometimes individually
    • wild in wetlands, fens, meadows; cultivated in gardens

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