Carried by 1 nurseries
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Allium fimbriatum is a species of wild onion known by the common name fringed onion. It is native to California and Baja California. The fringed onion grows from a reddish-brown bulb one to two centimeters wide and sends up a naked brown or green stem. Atop the stem is an flower cluster of up to 75 flowers, each just under a centimeter wide on average. The flowers are variable in color, from pink to purple and often with white areas. The petals are also variable in shape, from narrow and pointy to spade-shaped. There are several distinct varieties of the species as well.
Perennial herb, Geophyte
Purple, Pink, White, Brown
Full Sun
Moderate
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Dry slopes and flats
Chaparral, Creosote Bush Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 16 likely
Ipsilon Dart
Agrotis ipsilon
The Nutmeg
Anarta trifolii
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja