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One-leaf Onion (Allium unifolium), photographed near Dillon Beach on 2 June 2015 

This native wildflower is uncommon, growing in moist clay or serpentine soils, and along grassy streambanks.

If you're interested, you can look up records for One-leaf Onion on the CalFlora website.  Click on a county to find more details about each observation.

Complementary

 

Last July I showed a few pictures of Coast Onion (Allium dichlamydeum) from Dillon Beach, but here are a couple of recent images taken on Bodega Head on 21 June 2013. 

It appears to be a very good year for this species, so it's a great time to look for the brightly-colored flowers emerging among the lichen-covered rocks (beware of the Poison Oak!).  Note that the onion's leaves have mostly dried and disappeared by this time.

 

There's something quite complementary about the magenta of the onion and the grays of the lichens.