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Allium diabolense, common name serpentine onion or devil's onion is a species of wild onion endemic to central California, where it is known from the Coast Ranges and the Transverse Ranges. It grows on serpentine soils at elevations from 500 to 1500 m, from Kern and Ventura Counties north to Stanislaus and Santa Clara Counties.[1][2]

devil's onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. diabolense
Binomial name
Allium diabolense
(Ownbey & Aase) McNeal
Synonyms

Allium fimbriatum var. diabolense Ownbey & Aase ex Traub

"Allium diabolense" grows from a reddish-brown bulb just over a centimeter long. It produces a stem up to 20 centimeters tall and one leaf which is longer than the stem. The inflorescence contains up to 50 dark veined pink-tinted white flowers. Anthers and pollen are yellow.[1][3][4][5]


References


  1. Flora of North America v 26 p 255, "Allium diabolense"
  2. BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, "Allium diabolense"
  3. Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  4. McNeal, Dale W. 1992. A revision of the Allium fimbriatum (Alliaceae) complex. Aliso 13(3): 411-426.
  5. Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1972. Plant Life 28: 64.



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Allium diabolense es una especie de planta bulbosa del género Allium, perteneciente a la familia de las amarilidáceas, del orden de las Asparagales. Originaria de América del Norte.


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