Hickman's onion

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. hickmanii
Binomial name
Allium hickmanii
Synonyms[2]

Allium hyalinum var. hickmanii (Eastw.) Jeps.

Allium hickmanii is a rare species of wild onion known by the common name Hickman's onion. It is endemic to California, where it is known from Monterey, Sonoma, Kern, and San Luis Obispo Counties.[3][4][5]

Description

Allium hickmanii grows from a pale brown or gray bulb about a centimeter long and produces a stem up to 17 centimeters tall. There are generally two long, cylindrical leaves which are longer than the stem. The inflorescence holds up to about 15 white or pinkish flowers each less than a centimeter long.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ Tropicos, Allium hickmanii Eastw.
  3. ^ USDA Plants Profile
  4. ^ Flora of North America
  5. ^ Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Berkeley, Allium hickmanii
  6. ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  7. ^ Photo gallery
  8. ^ Eastwood, Alice. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(9): 483–484.
  9. ^ Jepson, Willis Linn. 1921. Flora of California 1: 276.

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