Biology:Allium drummondii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Drummond's onion

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
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Binomial name
Allium drummondii
Regel[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Allium nuttallii S.Watson
  • Allium helleri Small
  • Allium reticulatum var. nuttallii (S.Watson) M.E.Jones
  • Allium drummondii f. asexuale Ownbey

Allium drummondii, also known as Drummond's onion, wild garlic and prairie onion,[citation needed] is a North American species of onion native to the southern Great Plains of North America. It is found in South Dakota, Kansas , Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas , New Mexico, and northeastern Mexico.[3][4]

Allium drummondii is a bulb-forming perennial. The flowers appear in April and May, in a variety of colors ranging from white to pink. It is common, considered invasive in some regions.[5][6][7]

Uses

This species of Allium is gathered by Native Americans for its small edible bulbs. These contain a considerable amount of inulin, a non-reducing sugar that humans cannot digest. Because of this, these onions must be heated for a long period of time in order to convert the inulin into digestible sugars.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Allium drummondii". NatureServe. 2022-06-22. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130887. 
  2. ↑ Regel, Eduard August von 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 112 in Latin
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Allium drummondii Regel
  5. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 239 Allium drummondii Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 3: 112. 1875.
  6. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  8. ↑ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.

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