Allium paniculatum var. paniculatum

Panicled onion

Family: Alliaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Panicled onion is a naturalized perennial found in southern Northwestern and northern Central Western California in disturbed areas at elevations around 50 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces delicate white to lilac-pink flowers in clusters of 25 to 100 blooms, each flower bell-shaped and 4.5 to 7 millimeters long. Growing with erect stems 30 to 70 centimeters tall, it develops 3 to 5 channeled leaves that sheath the stem's lower 30 to 50 percent. Its leaves are accompanied by two long-tapered unequal bracts, with the longer bract extending 5 to 14 centimeters. The plant emerges from a small ovoid bulb 10 to 15 millimeters in size, with light brown inner coating and a subtly textured outer layer.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: +- 50 m.

Bioregions: s NW, n CW

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.