Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Columbia County.
Habitat: Open, fairly dry, rocky areas at low to middle elevations.
Flowers: June-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, hummingbirds
Scapose perennial from an obliquely ovoid bulb, with new bulbs developing outside the bulb coat; outer coat pale brown with a conspicuous, irregular, oblong or rhomboidal network pattern.
Leaves 2, linear, nearly flat, much shorter that the terete scape.
Umbel many-flowered, the pedicel 1-2 times as long as the tepals; tepals 6, 10-15 mm. long, bright pink, narrowly lanceolate, tapered and pointed, denticulate; stamens 6, about 2/3 the length of the tepals.
Capsule 3-celled, without a crest.
Publication: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 50: 3, fig. 1. 1937.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Allium dictuon in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Allium dictuon checklist entry
OregonFlora: Allium dictuon information
E-Flora BC: Allium dictuon atlas page
CalPhotos: Allium dictuon photos
