Allium scilloides
| fragile onion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. scilloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium scilloides Douglas ex S. Wats.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium fragile A.Nelson | |
Allium scilloides, called the fragile onion, is a plant species endemic to the US State of Washington. It has been reported from only 4 counties, all on the eastern side of the Cascade Range: Klickitat, Kittitas, Yakima and Grant. It grows on barren, gravelly slopes at elevations of 300–1300 m.[2][3] The species is sometimes cultivated in other regions as an ornamental.[4]
Allium scilloides produces bulbs along an underground rhizome, each bulb round to egg-shaped, up to 2 cm across. Flowers are bell-shaped, about 7 mm across; tepals white, pink or purplish with green midribs; anthers purple; pollen white to gray.[2][5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 275, Allium scilloides
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis, Allium scilloides
- ^ Gardening Europe, Allium scilloides
- ^ Watson, Sereno. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 229.
- ^ Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
- ^ Nelson, Aven. 1926. University of Wyoming Publications in Science. Botany 1(5): 123–124, f. 7.
- ^ Onions of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, Paul Slichter
