''Allium hickmanii'' is a rare species of
wild onion known by the common name Hickman's onion. It is
endemic to
California, where it is known from
Monterey,
Sonoma,
Kern, and
San Luis Obispo Counties.
Description
''Allium hickmanii'' grows from a pale brown or gray
bulb
In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
about a centimeter long and produces a stem up to 17 centimeters tall. There are generally two long, cylindrical leaves which are longer than the stem. The
inflorescence holds up to about 15 white or pinkish flowers each less than a centimeter long.
[Jepson, Willis Linn. 1921. Flora of California 1: 276.]
References
External links
Calflora Database: ''Allium hickmanii'' (Hickman's onion)UC Photos gallery
hickmanii
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Onions
Plants described in 1903
Taxa named by Alice Eastwood
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