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Blue Mountain onion

Allium dictuon

Allium dictuon is a wild onion from a small area of the Blue Mountains on the Washington and Oregon border, with pink flowers in June and July. It is a rare, native bulb best grown in a dry, open, well-drained spot, as it comes from rocky habitat.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during active growth and keep nearly dry after flowering.
Soil
Gritty, fast-draining mix with good rock or grit content.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters; protect the bulb from waterlogging in wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Washington (Blue Mts.)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium dictuon is a species of wild onion known by the common name Blue Mountain onion. It is native to a small section of the Blue Mountains straddling the border between southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon in the United States. It grows in Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla Counties in Washington, plus Umatilla and Wallowa Counties in Oregon.

Where it grows

Allium dictuon grows in dry, open, rocky habitat. The elevations range from 800–1,650 meters (2,620–5,410 ft). The vegetation in the area is dominated by bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata).

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 dictuon 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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