Also known as Volcanic Onion
Allium cratericola is a wild onion native to Californias Sierra Nevada, thriving in rocky, often volcanic soils. It produces small, pink to purple flowers in spring.
Photos of Cascade Onion (Allium cratericola)
Common names and botanical synonyms
Botanical classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| kingdom | Plantae |
| division | Tracheophyta |
| class | Liliopsida |
| order | Asparagales |
| family | Amaryllidaceae |
| genus | Allium |
| species | Allium cratericola |
