Biology:Allium serra

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Allium serra
Allium serra.jpg
Allium serra

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. serra
Binomial name
Allium serra
McNeal & Ownbey

Allium serra is a California species of wild onion known by several common names, including jeweled onion, pom-pon onion, and serrated onion.[2][3][4]

It favors hard soils with rock and clay, including serpentine soil.[5] It is found in the Coast Ranges of central and northern California , from Merced County to Humboldt County.[6]

Allium serra plant produces a small herringbone-patterned bulb an average of one centimeter in diameter. It has a long stem on which it bears a tightly bunched umbel of flowers. The attractive bright pink flowers are thimble or bell-shaped, often iridescent when new and becoming papery as they dry.[5][7]

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4732933 entry