Allium douglasii explained

Allium douglasii, the Douglas onion, is a plant species native to northeastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It grows in shallow soils at elevations of 400–.

Allium douglasii produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 3frac=4NaNfrac=4 long. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 400NaN0 tall. Flowers are up to 10mm across; tepals pink or purple with green midribs; anthers blue; pollen white or light gray.^{[1] [2] [3]} Two grooved leaves usually remain during the flowering stage.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/415463#page/187/mode/1up Hooker, William Jackson. 1839. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 184, pl. 197
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29400411#page/297/mode/1up Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, & Seaton, Henry Eliason. 1893. Botanical Gazette 18(6): 237–238.
3. Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock, Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
4. Book: Taylor, Ronald J.. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary. Mountain Press Pub. Co. 1994. 0-87842-280-3. rev.. Missoula, MT. 76. en. 25708726. 1992.