Allium punctum is a species of wild onion known by the common name dotted onion or Modoc onion. It is native to the western United States in and around the Modoc Plateau in northeastern California (Modoc County) northwestern Nevada (Humboldt County) and southeastern Oregon (Malheur Lake and Harney Counties). It is uncommon growing volcanic flatlands created by old lava flows.Allium punctum grows from a yellow-brown to grayish oval-shaped bulb one or two centimeters wide. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
Plant