Here to Send this Picture as an Electronic Postcard Name Origin - Allium is the Latin name for garlic. Range - This plant can be found Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine, New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Location on Manitoulin Island - Locally abundant on limestone and dolomite pavement on the West end of Manitoulin and on the Islands of the North Channel. These plants grow from a slender bulb, often scarcely thicker than their stems, with erect hollow leaves-the longest almost equaling the stem. Umbel is compact, hemispheric, subtended by 2 ovate bracts.
Flowers are numerous, and a bright rose colour.
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