Allium arenicola Osterhout 1900, not Small 1900; A. fibrosum Rydberg 1897, not Regel 1887; A. geyeri var. graniferum Henderson; A. rubrum Osterhout; A. rydbergii J. F. Macbride; A. sabulicola Osterhout

Umbel 0–5-flowered, flowers mostly replaced by ovoid, acuminate bulbils; bulbils sessile or stalk less than 1 mm. Flowers: tepals white to pink; flowering pedicel, if present, 8–13 mm. Seeds rarely produced. 2n = 28, 35, 42.

Flowering May--Sep. Meadows and along streams; 0--3100 m; Alta., B.C.; Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.