Allium simillimum explained

Allium simillimum, the simil onion, or dwarf onion, is a plant species native to Idaho and Montana (Gallatin and Ravalli Counties). It grows on sandy soils at high elevations in the mountains, 1800–3400 m.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Allium simillimum produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 1.7 cm long. Flowering stalks are rarely more than 5 cm tall. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 10 mm across; tepals white with green or pink midribs; anthers purple; pollen white or gray.^{[1] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101403 Flora of North America v 26 p 268, Allium simillimum
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Allium%20simillimum.png BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium simillimum
3. http://fieldguide.mt.gov/detail_PMLIL02270.aspx Dwarf Onion — Allium simillimum. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/718435#page/411/mode/1up Henderson, Louis Forniquet. 1900. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27(6): 355–356.
5. 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.