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Allium lacunosum is a species of wild onion known by the common name pitted onion. It is endemic to California, where it is a common member of the flora in many types of habitat, from bayside to mountain to desert.[1][2]

Allium lacunosum
var. lacunosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. lacunosum
Binomial name
Allium lacunosum S.Wats.

Description

The pitted onion, Allium lacunosum, grows from a thick-coated yellowish-brown bulb one or two centimeters long. The stem reaches up to about 35 centimetres (14 in) in maximum height. There are usually two leaves which may be as long or longer than the stem.

The inflorescence contains up to 45 dark-veined white to pale pink flowers, each less than a centimeter long.

Varieties

There are four varieties of this species, three of which are somewhat uncommon.

• Allium lacunosum var. davisiae — Southern California[3][4]
• Allium lacunosum var. kernense — Southern Sierra, Mojave Desert.[5][6]
• Allium lacunosum var. lacunosum [7][8]
• Allium lacunosum var. micranthum — Central Coast interior ranges.[9][10]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allium lacunosum.

• Jepson Manual Treatment: Allium lacunosum
• USDA Plants Profile — Allium lacunosum (pitted onion)
• Flora of North America
• Allium lacunosum — U.C. Photo gallery

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