''Allium nevadense'' is a species of
wild onion Wild onion can refer to
* any uncultivated species in the genus ''Allium'', especially:
**''Allium bisceptrum''
** ''Allium canadense''
** ''Allium tricoccum''
** ''Allium validum''
** ''Allium vineale''
* ''Asphodelus tenuifolius''
* ''Cyperus bulb ...
known by the common name Nevada onion. It is native to the western
United States where it grows in sand and rocky soil at elevations of 1400–1700 m. The species is widespread in
Utah,
Nevada and southern
Idaho, and has been reported also from southeastern
California (
Inyo Inyo may refer to:
Places California
* Inyo County, California
* Inyo National Forest, USA
* The Inyo Mountains
* The Mono–Inyo Craters
Other uses
* Japanese for yin and yang
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and
San Bernardino Counties), northwestern Arizona (
Mohave and
Cochise Counties), western and central
Colorado (
Moffat,
Garfield,
Mesa and
Boulder Counties) and eastern
Oregon (
Harney and
Malheur Counties).
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The Nevada onion grows from a brown or gray bulb
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one to one and a half centimeters wide which may have one or two daughter bulblets associated with it. The stem may appear short if the bulb is more than a few inches below the surface of the ground. The stem is topped with an umbel of up to 25 flowers. The tepals may be white or pink-streaked with darker midveins; anthers purple; pollen yellow.[Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.]
References
nevadense
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Arizona
Flora of the California desert regions
Flora of Colorado
Flora of Idaho
Flora of Oregon
Flora of Utah
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Endemic flora of the United States
Onions
Plants described in 1871
Taxa named by Sereno Watson
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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