Allium parryi

Parry's fringed onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:Allioideae
Genus:Allium
Species: A. parryi
Binomial name
Allium parryi
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium fimbriatum subsp. parryi (S.Watson) Traub & Ownbey
  • Allium kessleri Davidson

Allium parryi is a North American species of wild onion[2] known by the common names Parry's onion and Parry's fringed onion. It is common in the Coast Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California.[1] It is also known from the southernmost reaches of the Sierra Nevada.[3][4][5]

Allium parryi produceds a reddish-brown bulb roughly a centimeter long. It produces a short stem up to a maximum height of about 20 centimeters and a single cylindrical leaf which is generally a bit longer. The inflorescence contains up to 50 pink-veined white flowers which turn darker pink as they age. Each flower has narrow tepals less than a centimeter long.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Watson, Sereno 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 231–232 in English
  3. ↑ USDA Plants Profile
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Calflora Taxon Report 221, Allium parryi
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Allium parryi
  7. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment, Allium parryi


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