Pronunciation: AL-ee-um PREE-kox
Common name: Early onion
Family: Alliaceae (Onion)
Habitat: Shaded slopes and canyons to 2500',
chaparral, southern oak woodland, Baja to San
Bernardino and east LA Counties, Channel Ids
Blooming period: March to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Allium
2) praecox