Allium Acuminatum (Noun)
Meaning
A common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Allium acuminatum grows at high elevations and on dry, gravelly slopes in the western United States.
- The strong, pungent scent of allium acuminatum can deter herbivores and other pests.
- Hikers often notice the presence of allium acuminatum due to its pungent onion smell before actually seeing the plant.
- Botanists typically identify allium acuminatum by its umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk.
- In many parts of its native range, allium acuminatum blooms from late spring to early summer.