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

Sickle-leaf Onion, Sickle-leaved Onion

Allium falcifolium

Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium - Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium

Close-up images of the inflorescence of sickle-leaved onion as seen at the King Mt. Rock Garden ACEC north of Grants Pass, OR........June 25, 2005. Note that the stamens are much shorter than the tepals.

Flattened scape of Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium - Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium

Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium - Sickle-leaved Onion: Allium falcifolium

These 3 photos show close-ups of the flattened scape (left), whole plant (middle), and inflorescence (right) of sickle-leaved onion as seen at the King Mt. Rock Garden ACEC north of Grants Pass, OR.......June 25, 2005. The short, flattened scape and two long, flattened and sickle-shaped basal leaves of this species are evident here.

Paul Slichter