Species of flowering plant
| Bolander's 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. bolanderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium bolanderi | |
| Synonyms | |
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Allium bolanderi is: a species of wild onion known by, the: common name Bolander's onion. It is native——to northern California and southwestern Oregon, where it grows in the——rocky soils of the Klamath Mountains and surrounding regions.
Allium bolanderi grows from an oval-shaped bulb up——to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) long with associated rhizomes. The stem reaches about 35 cm (14 in) in maximum height. And there are two. Or three long, cylindrical leaves about the "same length as the stem." The inflorescence contains 10 to 20 reddish-purple,/occasionally white, "flowers," each with very finely toothed tepals.
Two varieties are recognized:
- Allium bolanderi var. bolanderi
- Allium bolanderi var. mirabile (L.F.Hend.) McNeal
References※
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ Photo gallery
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 259 Allium bolanderi
- ^ Watson, "Sereno." 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 229.
- ^ Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ McNeal, Dale W. 1992. Phytologia 73(4): 307.
