Beegum onion

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. hoffmanii
Binomial name
Allium hoffmanii
Ownbey ex Traub

Allium hoffmanii is a species of wild onion known by the common name beegum onion.[2][3][4] It is native to northern California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the local mountain ranges in Siskiyou, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, and Tehama Counties.[5][6]

This onion grows a short stem up to about 10 centimeters tall from a brown or reddish bulb one or two centimeters long. There is generally a single leaf which may be longer than the stem. The inflorescence is packed with up to 40 flowers, each about a centimeter long and pink or purple in color with greenish veining. The protruding stamens are bumpy at their bases and have purple anthers at the tips.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ↑ Traub, Hamilton Paul 1972. Plant Life 28: 63
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  6. ↑ Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Allium hoffmanii
  7. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  8. ↑ Flora of North America, Allium hoffmanii


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