Allium jepsonii

Taxobox
name = "Allium jepsonii"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Alliaceae
genus = "Allium"
species = "A. jepsonii"
binomial = "Allium jepsonii"
binomial_authority = (Ownbey & Aase) S. Denison & McNeal

"Allium jepsonii" is a species of wild onion known by the common name Jepson's onion. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of central California. This onion grows to a height between about 20 and 40 centimeters from one or two oval-shaped bulbs. There is a single cylindrical leaf which is about the same length as the stem. The inflorescence holds 20 to 60 small flowers, each under a centimeter long with pink-veined white tepals with curling tips.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8386 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALJE USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101367 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+jepsonii Photo gallery]