Allium parvum

Allium parvum is an American species of wild onion known by the common name small onion.[4][5] It is native to the western United States where it is a common member of the flora in rocky, dry areas in mountainous areas, especially in talus at elevations of 1,200–2,800 m (3,900–9,200 ft). It is widespread in California, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho, and also reported from western Utah and from extreme southwestern Montana (Ravalli and Beaverhead Counties)[6][7][8]

Small onion
Allium parvum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. parvum
Binomial name
Allium parvum
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Allium modocense Jeps.
  • Allium pleianthum var. particolor M.E.Jones
  • Allium tribracteatum var. andersonii S.Watson
  • Allium tribracteatum var. parvum (Kellogg) Jeps.

Allium parvum has a bulb one to two and a half centimeters wide and bears a relatively short scape for an onion species, rarely more than 12 centimeters tall. The two leaves are sickle-shaped. Atop the stem is an umbel of fewer than 30 flowers, which are generally pale pink with prominent dark midveins. Anthers are purple or yellow; pollen yellow.[5][9][10][11][12]

Uses

This plant was a food and flavoring for the Paiute people.[13][14]

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. Tropicos
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Calflora, Taxon Report 222, Allium parvum Kellogg
  5. USDA Plants Profile
  6. Jepson Manual Treatment
  7. Flora of North America v 26 p 271, Allium parvum
  8. BONAP (Biota of North America Program) 2014 county distribution map, Allium parvum
  9. Calphoto Photo gallery
  10. Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  11. Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
  12. Kellogg, Albert. 1863. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3(3): 54-55, figure 13 in English; full-page line drawing on page 55
  13. Ethnobotany, University of Michigan
  14. Fowler, Catherine S. 1989 Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 44)


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