  | Description: Form: An open cluster of white flowers sit atop a smooth leafless stalk 6-15 inches tall that arises from a 1/2 inch reddish-brown, oval bulb. Obvious onion odor and taste.
Leaves: 1-5 basal, linear, cylindrical leaves generally whither before flowering.
Flowers: Cluster of 10-35 white flowers on short stemlets subtended by papery bracts, 6 petals with sometimes pink midvein. Flowers turn pink with age.
Blooming: April - June.
Plant Community: Grassy openings in Coastal Sage and Chaparral.
Uses: Edible, roasted or eaten raw.
Latin name: Allium is Latin for "garlic" a close relative of the onion. Species name in honor of 20th century California botanist Phillip Munz. Formerly listed as family Amaryllidaceae or Liliaceae.
Comment: Rare and endangered. Threatened by urbanization and citrus culture. Color: white
Season: April, May, June,
Community: Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Grassland,
Use: Edible,
Origin: Native |
