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Narrowleaf onion

Allium amplectens

Also called Narrow Leaved Onion, Slim Leaved Onion

Narrowleaf onion
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0

Narrowleaf onion is a North American wild onion grown from a bulb, valued for its pink or magenta bracts and clusters of white to pale pink flowers. It is a hardy perennial that does best in full sun and well-drained soil, dormant in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while growing in spring, then keep dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Well-drained soil, clay or gritty mix; tolerates heavy and serpentine soils.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C; dormant in summer heat.
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SW. Canada to California
Climate
temperate

About

Allium amplectens, the narrowleaf onion, is a species of flowering plant. It is an onion native to the west coast of the United States, in Oregon, Washington State and California, also British Columbia in Canada. It grows in woods and especially in clay and serpentine soils.

Other Allium plants

South Idaho onion · Abrams' allium · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium agrigentinum · Allium alabasicum · Allium albotunicatum · Allium alibile · Altai Onion · Allium altissimum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium amplectens 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.

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