Allium sp.

How to tell it apart

vs Triteleia: Allium smells like onion when crushed; triplet lily has no smell.; vs Agapanthus: Allium smells like onion; lily-of-the-Nile has no smell and much larger flowers.; vs Dipterostemon: Allium smells like onion when crushed; ookow has no onion smell.; vs Nothoscordum: Allium smells like onion when crushed; false garlic has no smell.; vs Tulbaghia: Allium has flowers in tight umbels; society garlic has flowers in loose open clusters.

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Related species

Other California species in the same genus, family, or bioregion.

• Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei — Tolm's onion
• Allium tribracteatum — Three-bracted onion
• Allium triquetrum — Three cornered leek
• Allium tuolumnense — Rawhide hill onion
• Allium unifolium — One leaf onion
• Allium validum — Pacific mountain onion

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