Largeflower Onion (Allium macropetalum)

   

Largeflower Onion (Allium macropetalum), El Paso, TX (top). Photograph by Ad Konings. Closeup of flowers, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, 19 March 2005, El Paso, TX (bottom). Photograph by A.H. Harris.

• Common English Names: Largeflower Onion
• Common Spanish Names: Cebolla
• Scientific Name: Allium macropetalum (AL-ee-um mak-ro-PET-al-um)
• Family: Liliaceae (Lily Family)
• Geographic Range: Trans-Pecos of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and western Colorado.
• Plant Form: Perennial bulb to 12”
• Remarks: Bulb coated with a brown fibrous casing and usually only 2 long, thin, green channeled leaves per scape. Flowers pink with reddish mid-ribs in umbels of 10 to 20 blossoms on erect stems above the leaves.

Last Update: 19 Mar 2005