Allium tuolumnense
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox Allium tuolumnense is a rare species of wild onion, known by the common name Rawhide Hill onion.[1]
It is endemic to Tuolumne County, California, where it is known only from a small section of the Sierra Nevada foothills at Rawhide Hill and the Red Hills. It is a plant of serpentine soils.
Description
This onion, Allium tuolumnense, grows from a reddish-brown bulb one to two centimeters long, producing a slender erect stem up to Script error: No such module "convert". tall and usually a single leaf approximately the same length.[2]
The stem is topped with a hemispheric inflorescence holding 20 to 60 flowers, each on a pedicel one or two centimeters long. Each flower is just under a centimeter wide when fully open, with six white or pink oval-shaped tepals. There are six stamens and the ovary has six pointed crests.[2][3]
See also
References
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- ↑ Calflora database — Allium tuolumnense. Accessed 2013-02-05.
- ↑ a b eFloras.org. Accessed 2013-02-05.
- ↑ Denison, S. S. & McNeal, Dale W. 1989. Madroño 36(2): 128.
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External links
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- Jepson Manual Treatment — Allium tuolumnense
- USDA Plants Profile
- Flora of North America
- Allium tuolumnense — U.C. Photo gallery