Amaryllidaceae
Pacific onion
Allium validum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pacific onion
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 141 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marcus Tamura, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irina Mitine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Darrin Gobble, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hannah Stitt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kayla Sweeten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.