Allium serra is a California species of wild onion known by several common names, including jeweled onion, pom-pon onion, and serrated onion.[2][3][4]

Allium serra
Allium serra
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. serra
Binomial name
Allium serra McNeal & Ownbey

It favors hard soils with rock and clay, including serpentine soil.[5] It is found in the Coast Ranges of central and northern California, from Merced County to Humboldt County.[6]

Allium serra plant produces a small herringbone-patterned bulb an average of one centimeter in diameter. It has a long stem on which it bears a tightly bunched umbel of flowers. The attractive bright pink flowers are thimble or bell-shaped, often iridescent when new and becoming papery as they dry.[5][7]

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