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Allium siskiyouense is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name Siskiyou onion. It is native to the Klamath Mountains and nearby ranges of northern California and Oregon.[2] It grows in serpentine and other rocky soil types.[3]

Siskiyou onion
Allium siskiyouense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. siskiyouense
Binomial name
Allium siskiyouense F.M.Ownbey ex Traub
Synonyms[1]
Allium falcifolium var. demissum Jeps. Allium siskiyouense Ownbey in Munz & Keck 1959, not validly published, no Latin description

This small onion plant grows from a reddish-brown bulb 1 or 2 cm (1⁄3 or 2⁄3 in) long. It produces a short stem no more than 8 cm (3 in) long and two sickle-shaped leaves which are usually longer. The inflorescence contains up to about 35 flowers, each with dark-veined pink tepals around 1 cm (1⁄3 in) long and sometimes toothed at the tips.[4][5][6]

References

External links

• Allium siskiyouense in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
• Turner Photographics, Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Allium siskiyouense, Siskiyou onion

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