Pronunciation: AL-ee-um hee-mat-oh-KY-ton
Common name: Red-skinned onion
Family: Liliaceae (Lily)
Habitat: Dry slopes, ridges, on clay or stony soils,
chaparral, coastal sage scrub, valley grasslands to
2500'
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Allium
2) haematochiton