Allium textile (prairie onion or textile onion) is a common species of wild
onion found in the central part of
North America.
Description
A. textile produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm long. There are no
rhizomes.
Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers are bell-shaped or urn-shaped, about 6 mm in diameter;
tepals white or pink with reddish-brown midribs;
pollen and
anthers yellow.[citation needed]
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