Allium simillimum
"Allium simillimum" in southwest Idaho
Allium simillimum in southwest Idaho

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. simillimum
Binomial name
Allium simillimum

Allium simillimum, the Simil Onion, or dwarf onion, is a plant species native to Idaho and Montana (Gallatin and Ravalli Counties). It grows on sandy soils at high elevations in the mountains, 1800–3400 m.[2][3][4]

Allium simillimum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 1.7 cm long. Flowering stalks are rarely more than 5 cm tall. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 10 mm across; tepals white with green or pink midribs; anthers purple; pollen white or gray.[2][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Allium simillimum". NatureServe Explorer Allium simillimum. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 p 268, Allium simillimum
  3. ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium simillimum
  4. ↑ Dwarf Onion — Allium simillimum. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program.
  5. ↑ Henderson, Louis Forniquet. 1900. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27(6): 355–356.
  6. ↑ Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
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