Allium pictum Moldenke; A. triflorum Rafinesque; Ophioscorodon tricoccum (Solander) Wallroth; Validallium tricoccum (Solander) Small

Bulbs mostly 4–6 × 1.5–3 cm. Leaf blade (3–)5–9 cm wide, evidently petiolate, sheaths and petioles commonly anthocyanous. Scape (12–)25–35 cm. Umbel (15–)30–50-flowered; spathe bracts 2–3 cm. 2n = 16.

Flowering Jul--Aug. Moist ground in rich woods, depressions, streamside bluffs, and colluvial slopes; 0--1400 m; N.B., N.S., Ont., Que.; Ala., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.