[Onions: The Genus Allium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Swamp Onion

Allium madidum

Swamp Onion: Allium madidum - Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

Close-up images of the inflorescence and whole plant of swamp onion as seen at the wildlife viewing area at Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest........July 26, 2011.

Swamp Onion: Allium madidum - Habitat of Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

Swamp onion as seen as spotted in vernally moist swales where the snow lays late into mid-summer along the Sugarloaf Trail, Sugarloaf Mountain, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.......July 18, 2019.

Habitat of Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

Swamp Onion: Allium madidum - Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

Swamp onion in bloom on vernally moist swales at Boeing Field, Ochoco National Forest......June 17, 2019.

Inflorescence of Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

A close-up of the inflorescence of swamp onion as seen at a vernally moist bald along the Lick Creek Trail #1809, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.......July 17, 2019.

Swamp Onion: Allium madidum - Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

Swamp onion as seen on vernally moist soils on a slope uphill to the north of Pisgah Meadows, Ochoco National Forest.........June 13, 2015. This site is on the southern edge of the Bridge Creek Wilderness.

Paul Slichter