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| synonyms = ''Allium austinae''<br>''Allium bidwelliae''
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'''''Allium campanulatum''''' is a species of [[Allium|wild onion]] known by the common name '''dusky onion''' or '''Sierra onion'''. This is a flowering plant native to the western United States from southeastern [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] and northern Oregon to southern [[California]], and western [[Nevada]]. The dusky onion grows in foothills and mountains, especially in dry areas, such as [[chaparral]] habitats.<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8367 Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Allium campanulatum'']</ref><ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALCA2 USDA Plants Profile: ''Allium campanulatum'' (dusky onion)]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101340 Flora of North America v 26 p 256]</ref>

'''''Allium campanulatum''''' is a species of [[Allium|wild onion]] known by the common name '''dusky onion''' or '''Sierra onion'''.

This is a flowering plant native to the western United States from [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] to Southern [[California]], and east to [[Nevada]]. The dusky onion grows in foothills and mountains, especially in dry areas, such as [[chaparral]] habitats.


==Description==
==Description==
The dusky onion, ''Allium campanulatum'', grows from a gray-brown [[bulb]] one to two centimeters wide which may extend tiny [[rhizome]]s and produce small daughter bulblets. It rises on a stout stem and has usually two long, thin leaves that wither before the flowers bloom.
The dusky onion, ''Allium campanulatum'', grows from a gray-brown [[bulb]] one to two centimeters wide which may extend tiny [[rhizome]]s and produce small daughter [[Bulblet|bulblets]]. It rises on a stout stem and has usually two long, thin leaves that wither before the flowers bloom. On top of the stem is an [[inflorescence]] of 10 to 50 flowers. Each flower is half a centimeter to one centimeter wide and is pink, purple, or less often white, and each [[tepal]] has a dark-colored base. The tepals are variable in shape, from narrow and very pointy to spade-shaped. Anthers are purple; pollen yellow.<ref>[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+campanulatum ''Allium campanulatum'' — U.C. Photo gallery]</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8714524#page/241/mode/1up Watson, Sereno. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 231.]</ref>

Atop the stem is an [[inflorescence]] of 10 to 50 flowers. Each flower is half a centimeter to one centimeter wide and is pink, purple, or less often white, and each [[tepal]] has a dark-colored base. The tepals are variable in shape, from narrow and very pointy to spade-shaped.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[California chaparral and woodlands]]
*[[California chaparral and woodlands]]


==External links==
==References==
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8367 Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Allium campanulatum'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALCA2 USDA Plants Profile: ''Allium campanulatum'' (dusky onion)]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+campanulatum ''Allium campanulatum'' — U.C. Photo gallery]

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Revision as of 18:45, 16 March 2014

dusky onion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. campanulatum
Binomial name
Allium campanulatum
Synonyms

Allium austinae
Allium bidwelliae

Allium campanulatum is a species of wild onion known by the common name dusky onion or Sierra onion. This is a flowering plant native to the western United States from southeastern Washington and northern Oregon to southern California, and western Nevada. The dusky onion grows in foothills and mountains, especially in dry areas, such as chaparral habitats.[1][2][3]

Description

The dusky onion, Allium campanulatum, grows from a gray-brown bulb one to two centimeters wide which may extend tiny rhizomes and produce small daughter bulblets. It rises on a stout stem and has usually two long, thin leaves that wither before the flowers bloom. On top of the stem is an inflorescence of 10 to 50 flowers. Each flower is half a centimeter to one centimeter wide and is pink, purple, or less often white, and each tepal has a dark-colored base. The tepals are variable in shape, from narrow and very pointy to spade-shaped. Anthers are purple; pollen yellow.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment — Allium campanulatum
  2. ^ USDA Plants Profile: Allium campanulatum (dusky onion)
  3. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 256
  4. ^ Allium campanulatum — U.C. Photo gallery
  5. ^ Watson, Sereno. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 231.
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