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Nevius' garlic

Allium nevii

Also called Nevius' Onion, Nevius's Garlic

Nevius' garlic
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Nevius' garlic is a small bulbous wildflower from wet meadows and stream banks in central Washington and north-central Oregon, bearing rose-pink bell-shaped flowers in May and June. It needs cool, moist conditions in spring and a dry rest in summer.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water freely in spring while growing and flowering, then keep dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty soil with added organic matter.
Temperature
5–25 °C; hardy to about -20 °C when dormant.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SC. Washington to NC. Oregon
Climate
temperate

About

Allium nevii, known by the common name Nevius' onion or Nevius' garlic, is a plant species native to central Washington (Klickitat, Yakima, Kittitas and Chelan Counties) and north-central Oregon (Wasco and Hood River Counties) in the United States. It grows in wet meadows and along stream banks at elevations up to 2000 m.

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 nevii 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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