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Hickman's onion

Allium hickmanii

Hickman's onion
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0

Hickman's onion is a rare, small wild onion from coastal California, grown from a tiny bulb with white or pinkish flowers. It needs a dry summer rest and well-drained soil, so treat it as a bulbous geophyte.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during the cool, wet season and keep the bulb dry while it is dormant in summer.
Soil
Fast-draining, gritty mix such as sandy loam or bulb compost.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect from hard frost in containers.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
W. California (Monterey Pen., Arroyo de la Cruz)
Climate
temperate

About

Allium hickmanii is a rare species of wild onion known by the common name Hickman's onion. It is endemic to California, where it is known from Monterey, and San Luis Obispo Counties.

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 hickmanii 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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