Allium bolanderi explained

Allium bolanderi is a species of wild onion known by the common name Bolander's onion. It is native to northern California and southwestern Oregon, where it grows in the rocky soils of the Klamath Mountains and surrounding regions.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Allium bolanderi grows from an oval-shaped bulb up to 2frac=4NaNfrac=4 long with associated rhizomes. The stem reaches about 35cm (14inches) in maximum height and there are two or three long, cylindrical leaves about the same length as the stem. The inflorescence contains 10 to 20 reddish-purple, or occasionally white, flowers, each with very finely toothed tepals.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Two varieties are recognized:^[4]

• Allium bolanderi var. bolanderi
• Allium bolanderi var. mirabile (L.F.Hend.) McNeal^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8363 Jepson Manual Treatment
2. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALBO USDA Plants Profile
3. http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+bolanderi Photo gallery
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/18401635 Flora of North America v 26 p 259 Allium bolanderi
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8714522#page/239/mode/1up Watson, Sereno. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 229.
6. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
7. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13789122#page/49/mode/1up McNeal, Dale W. 1992. Phytologia 73(4): 307.