Amaryllidaceae

Short-styled onion

Allium brevistylum S.Watson

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Allium

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Short-styled onion: Shortstyle onion (Allium brevistylum), Lily family (Liliaceae). Stillwater Fork, Uinta, Utah. — Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: ثوم قصير القلم
English: Short-styled onion, Shortstyle onion

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.