Parish's Onion
Allium parishii
Many dark pink and white flowers are set in umbels. Observed near Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Monument, California, USA. May 2010.
PERENNIAL HERB: Regrows in late winter and early spring from below
ground bulb.
LEAVES: Leaves linear and grass like with onion odor. The leaves are
clustered at the soil surface.
RANGE: Far western Arizona and southeast California. Found in the
Colorado portion of the Sonoran Desert and more commonly in the Mojave Desert.
FLOWERS: The clusters of flowers are very showy pink and white and
appear in mid spring. Six tepals.
UNARMED.