Wild Onion (3)
Wild Onions, as their name implies, smell and taste like garlic/onions. Their bulbs can be eaten raw or cooked.
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Brandegee's Onion Family: Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) Flowers have white petals with red veins and grow in a dense cluster. Flower stems are shorter than leaves and grow close to the ground. Flora of North America reference. |
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Largeflower Onion Family: Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) Grows to 8" high in colonies from bulbs buried up to 6" deep. Leaves are slender and grass-like and extend beyond the flower stems. Bell-shaped flowers grow in rounded clusters about 1" across. The flowers are about ½" long and have 6 white or pinkish petals with a reddish-purplish stripe. The bracts below the cluster have 3 to 5 veins which different this species from the Wild Onion below. This is the common onion of the arid lower elevations of New Mexico. Flora of North America reference. |
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White Wild Onion Family: Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) Grows to 12" high in patches with slender, grass-like leaves that are up to 9" long. Tiny flowers are about ¼" long and grow in clusters about 1" across. The flowers are white or pinkish with a reddish-purplish stripe. At the base of the cluster are 3 bracts, usually with a single vein. Overall this plant is taller and the flowers smaller than the Wild Onions above. Flora of North America reference. |