Largeflower Onion
Allium macropetalum
Largeflower onion is a small desert onion that opens star-like pink flowers after spring rains in the Southwest, drought-hardy and edible.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- pink, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, TX, UT