Onions

Slartibartfast wrote: Tapfret wrote: I have no particular favorite, though when I'm backpacking the sierra in early summer and hit a meadow full of wild mountain onions, they sure do spice up freeze-dried backpack slop.  Those sound like they might be ramps.  Do they look anything like this?:

No, definitely not. These are the best photos I could find in my collection. The chives are thin and there is a central stalk with a beautiful purple flower. I have never investigated the bulb as I like to leave as much of the flora intact as i can in my journeys.

 


This is the death camas, very different.

 Although the common camas is very purple, both are bulbed but do not share the distinctive chive aroma.