Allium abramsii

Taxobox
name = "Allium abramsii"


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Alliaceae
genus = "Allium"
species = "A. abramsii"
binomial = "Allium abramsii"
binomial_authority = (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal

"Allium abramsii" is a species of wild onion known by the common name Abrams' onion. It is endemic to the central Sierra Nevada in California, where it grows in the coniferous forest understory in granite sand soils.

This onion grows from one or more bulbs each just over a centimeter wide attached to a thick rhizome. It reaches a maximum height of about 15 centimeters with usually one curving cylindrical leaf. The inflorescence contains up to 40 pink or purplish flowers with lance-shaped tepals.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8355 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALAB2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101328 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+abramsii Photo gallery]