Allium burlewii
| Burlew's onion | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. burlewii |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium burlewii Davidson | |
Allium burlewii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Burlew's onion. It is endemic to California, where grows in the granitic soils of several of the central and southern mountain ranges from Riverside and San Bernardino to Fresno and Monterey Counties, usually between 6,000 and 10,000 feet above sea level.[1][2]
Allium burlewii is a short-stemmed onion, from an oval-shaped bulb, with a scape rarely taller than 20 cm. It pointed a single long, pointed leaf up to 35 cm long. The inflorescence contains up to 20 dark-veined purple flowers each up to a centimeter long with dark purple anthers.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- 1 2 Flora of North America
- ↑ Photo gallery
- ↑ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley
- ↑ Davidson, Anstruther. 1916. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 15(1): 17.
.jpg)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, April 10, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.