Allium plummerae explained
Allium plummerae is a species of plant native to southern Arizona (Pima and Cochise Counties) in the United States and to Sonora in Mexico.[1] It is known by the common names Plummer's onion and Tanner's Canyon onion.[1] It grows on rocky slopes and stream banks in mountains regions at elevations of 1600–2800 m.[2] [3] [4]
Allium plummerae produces elongate bulbs up to 5 cm long but rarely more than 1.5 cm in diameter. Flowers are up to 10 mm across; tepals white or pink; anthers purple; pollen yellow.[2] [5] [6]
The epithet "plummerae" is in honor of one member of the expedition that collected those specimens, botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon.[5]
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Notes and References
- http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/edits/documents/Alliplum.d.pdf Allium plummerae.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101391 Flora of North America v 26 p 242, Allium plummerae
- http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Allium%20plummerae.png BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis,Allium plummerae
- CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico, D.F.
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3115518#page/209/mode/1up Sereno Watson. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 195.
- Kearney, T. H. and R. H. Peebles. 1960. Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley.
