Allium macropetalum

Allium macropetalum, the desert onion, is a species of wild onion native to the desert regions of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known from desert plains and hills in Sonora, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas,^[3] at elevations up to 2500 m.^[4][5]

Desert onion
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. macropetalum
Binomial name
Allium macropetalum M. E. Jones ex Ownbey
Synonyms[1][2]
Allium deserticola (M.E. Jones) Wooton & Standl. Allium reticulatum var. deserticola M.E. Jones

Allium macropetalum forms egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are bell-shaped, pink to purple, up to 12 mm across, with yellow or purple anthers.^{[4][6][7][8][9][10][11]}