Plant
- Grown as annual from bulbs
- 1-2' tall
Stem
- Alternate leaf arrangement
Leaf
- Hollow, tubular leaves
- Clasped, upright stem
Flower
- Usually no flowers
- Small, in dense clusters atop tall stalk
- White, purple
Other - Bulb
- Grown for edible bulb
- Enlarged, spherical, made up of flesh leaf bases
- Outer skin papery when dry
- Yellow, red, white
- Under or partially above soil
