Allium campanulatum

Allium campanulatum is a species of wild onion known by the common name dusky onion or Sierra onion. This is a flowering plant native to the western United States from southeastern Washington and northern Oregon to southern California, and western Nevada. The dusky onion grows in foothills and mountains, especially in dry areas, such as chaparral habitats.[3][4][5]

Dusky onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. campanulatum
Binomial name
Allium campanulatum
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Allium austinae M.E. Jones
  • Allium bidwelliae S.Wats.
  • Allium bullardii Davidson
  • Allium campanulatum var. bidwelliae (S.Wats.) Jeps.
  • Allium tenellum Davidson

Description

The dusky onion, Allium campanulatum, grows from a gray-brown bulb one to two centimeters wide which may extend tiny rhizomes and produce small daughter bulblets. It rises on a stout stem and has usually two long, thin leaves that wither before the flowers bloom. On top of the stem is an inflorescence of 10 to 50 flowers. Each flower is half a centimeter to one centimeter wide and is pink, purple, or less often white, and each tepal has a dark-colored base. The tepals are variable in shape, from narrow and very pointy to spade-shaped. Anthers are purple; pollen yellow.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. Jepson Manual Treatment — Allium campanulatum
  4. USDA Plants Profile: Allium campanulatum (dusky onion)
  5. Flora of North America v 26 p 256
  6. Allium campanulatum — U.C. Photo gallery
  7. Watson, Sereno. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 231.


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