Prairie Onion (Textile Onion)
Allium textile
Pollinator plant
(c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Growing it
| Type | wildflower |
|---|---|
| Sun | Full sun |
| Water | Low |
| Soil | pH 6.5–8 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–7 |
| Mature height | 0.25 m |
| Mature spread | 0.225 m |
| Spacing | 0.15 m |
| Years to maturity | 3 |
| Bloom | May–Jun |
| Flower colour | Pink not verified |
| In bloom | May June |
| Fruit | Jul |
| Native to | AB, SK |
narrow linear leaves about 25 cm long
Documented animals
4 documented relationships.
nectar for
- Clouded Sulphur Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis afranius Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Halictus confusus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Variegated Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Where it has been recorded
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 463 occurrence records, high confidence
- Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 432 occurrence records, high confidence
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 245 occurrence records, high confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 205 occurrence records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 78 occurrence records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 46 occurrence records, high confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 4 occurrence records, low confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 3 occurrence records, low confidence
A range seen three times is not the same claim as one seen three hundred, so the count travels with the region. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre.
Also worth knowing
Safety
Low toxicity to pets
Edible parts
Bulb, leaves, flowers
Buying it
price: about $8–$16 per plant (estimate); availability: native specialist; notes: Estimate (herb default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate