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Desert onion

(Alluim macropetalum)

Common names: wild onion.
Bulb, Lily Family.
Blooms in spring in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
6 inches (15 cm) high. Single leaves are long and slender with a mild onion odor if crushed. Bulbs are 6-8 inches (15-20 cm) below the desert floor.

Likes to come up between stones on rocky hillsides.

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