Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 296. 1753.

Origin: Introduced from Old World, exact origin unknown

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: Taxonomy follows FNA; recently collected wild in a hedgerow in Kitsap Co., but not naturalized; a garden plant rarely producing seed. Similar collections of Allium carinatum L., Allium triquetrum L, and Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex Spreng. are from plants spreading slightly from cultivation in irrigated areas in King Co., and are not naturalized.

Last updated 8/6/2012 by David Giblin.