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Prairie Onion

Allium stellatum

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Description:

Also known as Autumn Wild Onion. This plant has a dome-like cluster of flowers that are lavender pink, sometimes white with a spot of yellow in the center. The plant has a single cluster at the end of a leafless stem which rises above flat, grass-like basal leaves.

Habitat:

Spotted near the Tamarac visitor center. This plant likes drier and open places such as sandy rocky prairie.

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Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
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PublishedAugust 12, 2017

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