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Allium acuminatum
Also called Hooker's Onion, Taper Tip Onion
Tapertip onion is a small wild onion native to western North America, grown from a bulb in open, rocky, dry ground. It is best treated like a hardy, drought-tolerant bulb that wants full sun and good drainage.
Allium acuminatum, also known as the tapertip onion or Hooker's onion, is a species in the genus Allium native to North America.
It is found the Western United States and Canada. It has been reported from every state west of the Rocky Mountains, plus British Columbia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium acuminatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
