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

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion

Allium scilloides

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides

Scilla-like onion as seen on balds along Box Spring Road at the base of the south-facing slopes of Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area northwest of Bickleton, WA.......April 11, 2017.

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides

The photo above shows a close-up of scilla-like onion as seen along the trail on Cowiche Mt. at the Snow Mt. Ranch to the west of Yakima, WA...........March 23, 2008.

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides

The photo at left shows a close-up of the flowers of scilla-like onion as seen on BLM lands in Cowiche Canyon, to the west of Yakima, WA..........March 28, 2007.

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides

The photos above show scilla-like onion as seen at the upper trailhead for Cowiche Canyon to the west of Yakima, WA.........March 21, 2008.

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides

The photo at left shows a close-up of scilla-like onion as seen on BLM lands in Cowiche Canyon, to the west of Yakima, WA..........March 28, 2007. The photo at right shows scilla-like onion in scabland swales along Box Canyon Road on BLM lands about one mile east of the trailhead at the end of the driveable part of the road, north-central Klickitat County, WA.....April 1, 2022. The umbel of salt and pepper (Lomatium piperi) is also in the photo.

Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fragile Onion, Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides

Scilla-like onions blooming on scablands on the eastern rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area......March 30, 2024.
Paul Slichter