''Allium siskiyouense'' is a
North America
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n 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 Siskiyou onion. It is native to the
Klamath Mountains and nearby ranges of northern
California and
Oregon. It grows in
serpentine
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* Serpentine shape, a shape resembling a serpent
* Serpentine curve, a mathematical curve
* Serpentine, a type of riding figure
Science and nature
* Serpentine subgroup, a group of minerals
* Serpentinite, a ...
and other rocky soil types.
This small onion plant grows from a reddish-brown
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 ...
long. It produces a short stem no more than long and two sickle-shaped leaves which are usually longer. The
inflorescence contains up to about 35 flowers, each with dark-veined pink
tepals around long and sometimes toothed at the tips.
Flora of North America
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References
External links
*
Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, ''Allium siskiyouense'', Siskiyou onion
siskiyouense
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Onions
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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