Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Family Amaryllidaceae Scientific name Allium macropetalum | Clade Angiosperms Order Asparagales Subfamily Allioideae Rank Species | |
Similar Allium geyeri, Twincrest Onion, Allium bolanderi, Allium drummondii, Allium platycaule | ||
Allium macropetalum, the desert onion, is a species of wild onion native to the desert regions of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known from desert plains and hills in Sonora, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, at elevations up to 2500 m.
Allium macropetalum forms egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are bell-shaped, pink to purple, up to 12 mm across, with yellow or purple anthers.
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