Allium unifolium
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allium unifolium, the one-leaf onion or American garlic,[4] is a North American species of wild onion. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of California, Oregon, and Baja California.[1] It grows on clay soils including serpentine, at elevations up to 1100 m.[5][6]
| Allium unifolium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Amerallium |
| Species: | A. unifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium unifolium Kellogg 1863 | |
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Allium unifolium, despite its name, usually has 2–3 flat leaves up to 50 cm long. Bulbs, though, are usually solitary, egg-shaped, up to 2 cm long, often formed at the end of rhizomes spreading out from the parent plant. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 80 cm tall. Flowers are up to 15 mm across; tepals usually pink but occasionally white; anthers yellow or purple.[5][7][8][9]
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[10]
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