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

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion

Allium parvum

Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Small onion as seen in gravel soils atop Baldy Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..............June 22, 2011.

Close-up of the flowers of Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum) - Close-up sideview of the inflorescence of Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum) - Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Additional close-up photos of small onion as seen in gravelly soils atop Baldy Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness................June 22, 2011. This was one of the first days that hikers could reach the summit area.

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum) - Inflorescence of Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum) - Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum) - Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Additional photos of small onion as seen in gravel soils atop Baldy Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..............July 1, 2010.

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum) - Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Dwarf Onion, Small Onion Allium parvum (Synonyms: Allium modocense, Allium parvum var. parvum, Allium tribracteatum)

Small onion still in bloom at a bald about 2 miles uphill from the trailhead along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........May 29, 2014.
Paul Slichter