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Allium hyalinum

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Bulbs ovoid, usually in small clumps. Stems 15-30cm tall. Leaves about the same length as stems by up to 5mm wide. Flowers star-shaped, 1-1.8cm in diameter, white or pink, in umbels of six to fifteen, early summer. California, foothills of Sierra Nevada, up to about 1500m in moistish rocky and grassy places.

Joint Rock: Joint Rock Awards, AGS East Anglia Show, 7 May 2016