Carried by 2 nurseries
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Allium hyalinum is a species of wild onion known by the common name glassy onion. It is endemic to California, where it is a common species of the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills. The glassy onion grows from a cluster of bulbs, with each bulb sending up a tall stem. Atop each stem is an flower cluster of up to 25, but usually fewer, white or pink-tinted white flowers. The flowers have six shiny petals which become transparent as they age.
Perennial herb, Geophyte
White, Pink
Winter, Spring
Full Sun
Moderate
7*, 8*, 9*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Grassy slopes, and rocky outcrops
Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 14 likely
Ipsilon Dart
Agrotis ipsilon
The Nutmeg
Anarta trifolii
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica