Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: Prairie Onion

Family: Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis Family)

Distribution: North America

Hardiness: 3a

Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber)

Comments: This is a bulbous perennail plant. It features clumps of flat, narrow grass-like leaves, and tiny bell-shaped reddish-pink flowers which appear in rounded clusters. Blooms in mid to late summer. Leaves often die back by the time of flowering. The leaves and flower scapes rise directly from the bulbs. All parts of this plant have an oniony smell when cut or bruised. This species of allium is not generally considered to be of culinary value.