Allium platycaule

Allium platycaule

Taxobox
name = "Allium platycaule"


image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Alliaceae
genus = "Allium"
species = "A. platycaule"
binomial = "Allium platycaule"
binomial_authority = S.Wats.
synonyms =

"Allium platycaule" is a species of wild onion known by the common name broadstemmed onion or flat-stem onion. It is native to northeastern California and nearby parts of Oregon and Nevada where it is found on slopes of some elevation. This onion grows from a gray bulb two to three centimeters wide and has a flattened stem which may bulge in the middle and narrow to thin wings along the sides. The long, flat leaves are sickle-shaped. Atop the stem is an inflorescence which may have as many as 90 flowers in it. Each flower may be up to a centimeter and a half wide but the tepals are quite narrow so as to be almost threadlike. The inflorescence therefore may be a dense ball of filaments. The flowers are generally bright pink to magenta. The leaves, bulbs, and seeds were utilized as food by the Paiute people.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8408 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALPL2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Allium+platycaule Ethnobotany]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+platycaule Photo gallery]


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