Amaryllidaceae
Autumn onion
Allium stellatum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- ثوم نجمي
- arz
- ثوم نجمى
- English
- Autumn onion
- Icelandic
- Stjörnulaukur
Synonyms
- Hexonychia stellatum (Nutt. ex Ker Gawl.) Salisb.
- Stelmesus stellatus (Nutt. ex Ker Gawl.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.