Coastal Onion
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(Allium dichalmydeum)
Coastal Onion in serpentine grasslands near Inspiration Point.
Will Elder, NPS
Origin Of Genus Name: Allium is Latin for "garlic." Presidio Locations: Serpentine bluffs and serpentine grasslands. Range In State: Northern California to Northern central coast. Description: This native perennial species has long cylindrical leaves and re-sprouts from an underground bulb each year. Deep red-purple flowers are clustered in groups of 5-30. Blooms April to June. Native Californian Uses: The greens and bulbs were eaten raw or cooked by the Pomo and the Kashaya. |
Did You Know?
Major Jonathan Letterman--after whom the hospital at the Presidio was renamed in 1911--was the medical director of the Army of the Potomac. A founding father of military medicine, Letterman organized forward first-aid stations, mobile field hospitals, and ambulance services during the Civil War.