Narrowleaf onion

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Allium amplectens

Narrowleaf onion, a reference photo
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Allium amplectens, the narrowleaf onion, is a species of flowering plant. It is an onion native to the west coast of the United States, in Oregon, Washington State and California, also British Columbia in Canada. It grows in woods and especially in clay and serpentine soils.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Narrowleaf onion being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Species
Allium amplectens

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