Allium macropetalum explained

Allium macropetalum, the desert onion, is a species of wild onion native to the desert regions of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is known from desert plains and hills in Sonora, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas,^[1] at elevations up to 2500 m.^{[2] [3]}

Allium macropetalum forms egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are bell-shaped, pink to purple, up to 12 mm across, with yellow or purple anthers.^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. wcsp.science.kew.org.
2. Web site: Allium macropetalum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. www.efloras.org.
3. Web site: BONAP (Biota of North America Project) 2013 county distribution map Allium macropetalum.
4. Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
6. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
7. Book: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. October 14, 1904. Torrey Botanical Club. 31.
8. Book: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. October 14, 1912. Smithsonian Institution Press. 16.
9. Book: Jones, Marcus E.. Contributions to western botany. no. 1-18.. October 14, 1902.