Stamens 6 . Leaves typically die back before flowering. Disturbed sites, landscaped areas, gardens. San Francisco Bay region, Central Valley, Central Coast, low-lying areas of the South Coast Ranges and southern North Coast Ranges, South Coast. Reproduces by seed and underground bulblets .
Seed is highly viable and germinates readily on poor soils.
Bulblets separate from the parent bulb by contractile roots. Underground bulblets easily dislodge from the parent bulb when plants are manually removed. Unlike false garlic , panicled onion and wild garlic have an onion or garlic odor when plant parts are crushed, and petals are separate at the base. In addition, wild garlic produces aerial bulbils.