| Columbian 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. columbianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium columbianum (F.M.Ownbey & L.V.Mingrone) P. M. Peterson, Annable & L.H. Rieseberg
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Allium douglasii var. columbianum F.M.Ownbey & L.V.Mingrone | |
Allium columbianum, the Columbian onion, is a species of onion native to eastern Washington ( Pend Oreille, Spokane, Lincoln and Whitman Counties), northern Idaho ( Idaho, Clearwater, Latah and Kootenai Counties), and the Bitterroot Mountains of western Montana ( Ravalli and Sanders Counties). It is a perennial herb [2] that grows on shallow, wet soils at elevations of 300–1100 m. [3] [4]
Allium columbianum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 15 mm long. Flowers are up to 10 mm across, pink to light purple with green midrib; anthers and pollen blue to gray. [3] [5] [6] Flowers bloom May to July. [2]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 266,Allium columbianum
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) 2013 county distribution map, Allium columbianum
- ^ Ownbey, F.M., & L.V. Mingrone. 1969. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest 1: 747.
- ^ Peterson, PM, CR Annable, LH Rieseberg. 1988. Systematic relationships and nomenclatural changes in the Allium douglasii complex. Systematic Botany 13:207-214. Archived 2010-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
