Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Family Amaryllidaceae Scientific name Allium tribracteatum Rank Species | Clade Angiosperms Order Asparagales Subfamily Allioideae Higher classification Onions | |
Similar Allium tuolumnense, Allium shevockii, Allium bolanderi, Allium crispum, Allium siskiyouense | ||
Allium tribracteatum, known by the common name Threebract onion, is a species of wild onion found in California.
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Distribution
The plant is endemic to California, where it is known only from the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties.
Description
Allium tribracteatum is a small onion plant producing a stem only a few centimeters long from an oval-shaped bulb. There are two leaves which are usually much longer than the stem. The inflorescence contains up to 30 petite white to purple flowers, each less than a centimeter long. Tepals are white to pink with red or purple midveins; anthers purple; pollen gray.
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