Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
This plant grows from a bulb and looks much like the wild onion but has fewer and larger flowers on long stems and lacks the onion odor. The leaves are all at the base of the plant. Identification notes: Plants from bulbs with a membranous outer coat, leaves usually present when flowering, 6 fertile stamens, pedicelled flowers with 2 or more bracts and in umbels determines the genus to be Nothoscordum Flowers without odor determines the species. Height:
8 to 16 inches Habitat
Color:
White to yellowish-white
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Dec Description:
Flowers have 6 tepals (3 sepals and 3 petals) with a green to brown stripe and 6 stamens. Individual flowers are 1/2 inch across and grow in loose clusters on stalks 8 to 16 inches tall.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
The leaves are all at the base of the plant, about 1/8 inch wide but often quite long, 4 to 15 inches. Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Notes: Capsules rounded to eggshape, less than a 1/4 inch. Seed Notes: Seeds 4 to 7 per ovary chamber.
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Yavapai County
840 Rodeo Dr #C
Prescott, AZ 86305
(928) 445-6590