Redskin Onion (Allium haematochiton)
Allium haematochiton is a species of wild onion known by the common name redskin onion. It is native to northern Baja California and southern California where it grows on the slopes of the coastal hills. It has a small rhizome associated with clusters of red-skinned bulbs. From these grow several naked green stems, each with a few withering, curling leaves. Atop each stem is an inflorescence of several flowers, each on a short pedicel.
Giant Onion (Allium giganteum)
This beautiful flower that is about to bloom belongs to Giant Onion, a perennial plant. This plant is an edible bulb, and it is used as a medicinal and ornamental plant.
Rawhide Hill Onion (Allium tuolumnense)
Allium tuolumnense is a rare species of wild onion known by the common name Rawhide Hill onion. It is endemic to Tuolumne County, California, where it is known only from a small section of the Sierra Nevada foothills. It is a plant of serpentine soils. This onion grows from a reddish-brown bulb one to two centimeters long, producing a slender erect stem up to 50 centimeters tall and usually a single leaf approximately the same length. The stem is topped with a hemispheric inflorescence holding 20 to 60 flowers, each on a pedicel one or two centimeters long. Each flower is just under a centimeter wide when fully open, with six white or pink oval-shaped tepals. There are six stamensand the ovary has six pointed crests.