Allium acuminatum Hook. var. cuspidatum Fernald
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Allium acuminatum Hook. Tapertip onion, Hooker’s onion
This member of the onion family has small, spherical bulbs that smell like onions. Identification: The shape and color of the flowerheads are quite distinctive. About 10-20 flowers form roughly spherical groups 2-3" (5-7.6 cm) in diameter. The flowers are on the boundary between purple and pink. Edibility: The onion bulbs and leaves are edible, though some are so strong as to be unpalatable. In southern British Columbia, the Thompson Indians used to gather the plants in the spring or fall, cooking them in pits. Online References:
The Oregon Flora Image Project Wildflowers, Ferns & Trees of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network Allium acuminatum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
6/3/2009 · Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Utah
6/3/2009 · Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Utah Range:
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ID is uncertain 
