Biology:Allium howellii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Allium howellii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
Species: | A. howellii
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Binomial name | |
Allium howellii Eastw.
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Allium howellii is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name Howell's onion. It is endemic to California.
Description
Allium howellii is a tall onion plant, producing a stem which may exceed half a meter in height from a reddish-brown bulb one to two centimeters long. There is a single cylindrical leaf about as long as the stem. The inflorescence holds up to 100 dark-veined lavender to white flowers, each under a centimeter long.[2][3][4]
Varieties
Several varieties have been named:[5][6]
- Allium howellii var. clokeyi Ownbey & Aase ex Traub[7] - San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara counties
- Allium howellii var. howellii - Merced, Fresno, Kern, San Luis Obispo counties
- Allium howellii var. sanbenitense (Traub) Ownbey & Aase [8] - San Benito County
Distribution and habitat
Howell's onion grows in the granite and serpentine soils of several mountain ranges, hills, and valleys from San Joaquin County to San Bernardino County.[9][10][6][11]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137761/Allium_howellii.
- ↑ Flora of North America Allium howellii
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Calflora Consortium of California Herbaria Taxon Report 199 , Allium howellii Eastw., Howell's onion
- ↑ Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1972. Plant Life 28: 63–64
- ↑ Traub, Hamilton Paul, & Aase, Hannah Caroline. 1959. in Munz, Philip Alexander & Keck, David Daniels. California Flora page 1376
- ↑ Eastwood, Alice 1938. New Species in Liliaceae. Leaflets of Western Botany 2(7): 109
- ↑ Tropicos, Allium howellii Eastw.
- ↑ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map
External links
- Calflora Database: Allium howellii (Howell's onion)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2): Allium howellii
- UC Photos gallery of Allium howellii
Wikidata ☰ Q4732907 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium howellii.
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