Allium abramsii explained

Allium abramsii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Abrams' onion.

Description

Allium abramsii grows from one or more bulbs each just over a centimeter wide attached to a thick rhizome. It reaches a maximum height of about 15 centimeters with usually one curving cylindrical leaf that may be up to a foot long.^[1] The inflorescence contains up to 40 pink or purplish flowers with lance-shaped tepals and yellow anthers.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Taxonomy

The epithet abramsii commemorates LeRoy Abrams.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

Allium abramsii is endemic to the central Sierra Nevada in California, where it grows in the coniferous forest understory in granite sand soils. It is found in Fresno, Madera and Tulare Counties at elevations of 1400–2000 m.^[6]

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment – Allium abramsii
• USDA Plants Profile-Allium abramsii
• Allium abramsii Photo gallery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. 2021-05-07. www.wildflower.org.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=67064 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Allium abramsii, collected in Fresno County
3. Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
4. McNeal, D. W. 1992. A revision of the Allium fimbriatum (Alliaceae) complex. Aliso 13(3):411–426.
5. Book: Eggli, U. . Newton . L.E. . Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer Berlin Heidelberg . 2004 . 978-3-540-00489-9 . 20 September 2018 . 1.
6. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101328 Flora of North America-Allium abramsii