| Coastal onion | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. dichlamydeum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium dichlamydeum | |
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Allium dichlamydeum is a species of wild onion known by the common name coastal onion. It is endemic to California where it grows on sea cliffs and hills overlooking the ocean, from Santa Barbara County to Mendocino County. [3] [4] [5]
Description
Allium dichlamydeum grows from a brown or gray bulb 1.0–1.5 cm wide. It has a stout naked green stem surrounded by 3–6 long onion leaves. Atop the thick stem is an inflorescence of 5–30 flowers. Each flower has six oval-shaped dull-pointed tepals in shades of bright magenta to fuchsia and each flower is about a centimeter wide. [4] [6] [7] [8] [9]
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 260 p 264, Allium dichlamydeum
- ^ BONAP (biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium dichlamydeum
- ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ Calphoto, University of California @ Berkeley, Photo gallery, Allium dichlamydeum
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee. 1888. Pittonia 1(11): 166.
- ^ Jones, Marcus Eugene. 1902. Contributions to Western Botany 10: 84.
