Curtis Botanical – Plate 6320 – One-leafed Onion / Single-leaf Onion

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6320.

A beautiful California native onion with bright rose-pink flower balls held on tall stems above a single grass-like leaf (unifolium). Native to coastal California and Oregon — one of the most elegant of the wild alliums.

CALIFORNIA AND OREGON NATIVE 🌿 — grows on the coast from CA to SW Oregon.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.