Allium textile explained

Allium textile (prairie onion or textile onion) is a common species of wild onion found in the central part of North America.

Description

A. textile produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm long. There are no rhizomes. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers are bell-shaped or urn-shaped, about 6 mm in diameter; tepals white or pink with reddish-brown midribs; pollen and anthers yellow.

Taxonomy

A. textile is placed within section Amerallium, subgenus Amerallium.

Distribution and habitat

The native range of A. textile extends across the Great Plains states from Oklahoma to Montana and Minnesota, plus the Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states from northern New Mexico to Washington, plus the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. There is also a report of an isolated population in Indiana. Allium textile grows on dry, sunlit locations at elevations of 300–2400 m.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Bibliography

• Choi. Hyeok Jae. Cota-Sánchez. J. Hugo. A taxonomic revision of Allium (Alliaceae) in the Canadian prairie provinces. Botany. September 2010. 88. 9. 787–809. 10.1139/B10-056. 2017-01-28. 2015-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919163031/http://www.herbarium.usask.ca/research/articles/Choi_Cota-Sanchez_AlliumPrairieProv_Botany_2010.pdf. dead.
• Choi. Hyeok Jae. Giussani. Liliana M.. Jang. Chang Gee. Oh. Byoung Un. Cota-Sánchez. J. Hugo. Systematics of disjunct northeastern Asian and northern North American Allium (Amaryllidaceae). Botany. June 2012. 90. 6. 491–508. 10.1139/b2012-031. . 11336/68813. free.
• Choi. Hyeok Jae. Davis. Arthur R.. Cota-Sánchez. J. Hugo. Comparative Floral Structure of Four New World Allium (Amaryllidaceae) Species. Systematic Botany. 36. 4. 870–882. 10.1600/036364411x604895. . 2011. 85573965.

Notes and References

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2. Book: Presl . Jan Svatopluk . Presl . Carl Bořivoj . 1819 . Flora Čechica . 73.
3. Book: Don, George . A Monograph of the Genus Allium . https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180110#page/48 . written 1826 . 1832 . Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society . 6 . 36. The Society .
4. Encyclopedia: 1977 . Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. . 6 . 1–584 . A.J. . Cronquist . A. H. . Holmgren . N. H. . Holmgren . J. L. . Reveal . P. K. . Holmgren . Intermountain Flora . Hafner Publishing Company . New York.
5. Book: Great Plains Flora Association . 1986 . Flora of the Great Plains . University Press of Kansas . Lawrence.
6. Book: Moss, E. H. . 1983 . Flora of Alberta . registration . 2nd . University of Toronto Press. 9780802025081 .