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Allium amplectens is a species of wild onion known by the common name narrowleaf onion. It is native to western North America where it grows in woods and especially in clay and serpentine soils. It grows from a pinkish-brown bulb and sends up a naked green stem topped with an flower cluster. When closed the flower cluster is wrapped in bright pink to magenta leafs. It opens to produce between 10 and 50 shiny white to pale pink flowers, each under a centimeter wide. The six stout stamens and the ovary are white or tinted pink or lavender. It is a fairly widespread species.
Perennial herb
White, Pink, Red
Spring, Summer
Full Sun
Moderate
Slow
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
4, 5, 6, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19, 20, 21
Clay soils
Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
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Likely
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Confirmed
Adela septentrionella
Adela trigrapha
Angelic Sweat Bee
Agapostemon angelicus
Wide-legged Sweat Bee
Agapostemon femoratus
Onions
Allium cepa