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Prairie Onion

Allium stellatum

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Minnesota.January 32, February 34, March 50, April 119, May 228, June 133, July 112, August 442, September 83, October 62, November 35, December 27.
United States2,392
Canada1,106
Minnesota1,031
Ontario631
Missouri412
Manitoba343
Illinois177
Texas177
Wisconsin129
Saskatchewan103

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAgaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales
Familyamaryllis, onions, and allies · Amaryllidaceae
Genusonions · Allium

Sources

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Practise Prairie Onion with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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