Allium jepsonii
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Allium jepsonii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Jepson's onion, honoring renowned California botanist Willis Linn Jepson.[1][2][3][4]
Distribution and habitat
Allium jepsonii is endemic to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, in Tuolumne, Placer, El Dorado, and Butte Counties. It is found at elevations of Script error: No such module "convert". and grows on clay soils.[5]
Description
Allium jepsonii, the Jepson's onion, grows to a height between about 20 and 40 centimeters from one or two oval-shaped bulbs. There is a single cylindrical leaf which is about the same length as the stem.
The inflorescence holds 20 to 60 small flowers, each under a centimeter long with pink-veined white tepals with curling tips.[3][5][6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Denison, S. S. & McNeal, Dale W. 1989. Madroño 36(2): 127.
- ↑ Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1972. Plant Life 28: 63.
- ↑ a b Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile
- ↑ a b Flora of North America
- ↑ Allium jepsonii — U.C. Photo gallery
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External links
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- Allium
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Onions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of Butte County, California
- Natural history of El Dorado County, California
- Natural history of Placer County, California
- Natural history of Tuolumne County, California
- Plants described in 1972