- Allium tribracteatum
Taxobox
name = "Allium tribracteatum"
image_width = 260px
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Alliaceae
genus = "Allium "
species = "A. tribracteatum"
binomial = "Allium tribracteatum"
binomial_authority = Torr."Allium tribracteatum" is a species of wild onion known by the common name threebract onion. It is endemic to
California , where it is known only from the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties. This is a small onion plant producing a stem only a few centimeters long from an oval-shapedbulb . There are two leaves which are usually much longer than the stem. Theinflorescence contains up to 30 petite white to purple flowers, each less than a centimeter long.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8419 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALTR2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101409 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+tribracteatum Photo gallery]
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