Carried by 1 nurseries
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Allium praecox is a species of wild onion known by the common name early onion. It is native to the coastal hills and mountains of southern California and Baja California, including the Channel Islands, where it grows in shady areas in clay soils. This onion grows from a brownish or grayish bulb between one and two centimeters long. It produces a stem up to 60 centimeters long and two or three long, keeled leaves about the same length or sometimes a little longer. The flower cluster holds up to 40 flowers, each on a long pedicel up to 4 centimeters long. The flowers are purple-veined pink and dry to a papery texture as they age.
Perennial herb, Geophyte
2 - 3 ft Tall
2 - 3 ft Wide
Fountain, Rounded
Fast
Summer Deciduous
Slight
Pink
Winter, Spring
Partial Shade
Moderate
Max 2x / month once established
Medium, Slow
Heavy, damper soil.
7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Chaparral, oak woodland, grassy slopes, meadows and moist grasslands of southern California
Chaparral, Southern Oak Woodland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 13 likely
Ipsilon Dart
Agrotis ipsilon
The Nutmeg
Anarta trifolii
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica