Biology:Allium sharsmithiae
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Allium sharsmithiae | |
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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. sharsmithiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium sharsmithiae (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal
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| SynonymsTropicos, Allium fimbriatum var. sharsmithiae Ownbey & Aase ex Traub | |
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Allium sharsmithiae, called the Mount Hamilton onion or Helen Sharsmith's onion, is a rare species of wild onion endemic to a small region in California . It is found on serpentine soils in the vicinity of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range south of San Francisco Bay in Santa Clara, Alameda and Stanislaus Counties.[2][3][4]
Description
Allium sharsmithiae produces round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm in diameter. Flowering stalk is round in cross section, not hollow, up to 20 cm tall. Flowers are urn-shaped, up to 2 cm in diameter; tepals deep reddish-purple; anthers and pollen yellow.[2][5][6][7]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150716.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 26 p 252, Allium sharsmithiae
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) 2013 county distribution map, Allium sharsmithiae
- ↑ Calflora taxon report 233, Allium sharsmithiae (Traub) D. McNeal Sharsmith's onion
- ↑ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ↑ McNeal, D. W. 1992. A revision of the Allium fimbriatum (Alliaceae) complex. Aliso 13(3):411–426.
- ↑ Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1972. Plant Life 28: 64.
External links
- Pacific Bulb Society, American Alliums Seven several color photos of several species including Allium sharsmithiae
- Calphotos, Allium sharsmithiae several color photos of Allium sharsmithiae
Wikidata ☰ Q15522061 entry
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