Allium serra
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Allium serra is a California species of wild onion known by several common names, including jeweled onion, pom-pon onion, and serrated onion.[1][2][3]
It favors hard soils with rock and clay, including serpentine soil.[4] It is found in the Coast Ranges of central and northern California, from Merced County to Humboldt County.[5]
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.[4][6]
References
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- ↑ McNeal, Dale W. & Ownbey, Francis Marion. 1977. Madroño 24(1): 25–28, figure 1
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 263 Allium serra McNeal & Ownbey
- ↑ a b Jepson Manual Treatment: Allium serra
- ↑ Calflora Taxon Report 232, Allium serra D. McNeal & F. Ownbey, jeweled onion
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
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