Allium hoffmanii

Allium hoffmanii is a species of wild onion known by the common name beegum onion.[1][2][3] It is native to northern California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the local mountain ranges in Siskiyou, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, and Tehama Counties.[4][5]

Beegum onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. hoffmanii
Binomial name
Allium hoffmanii
Ownbey ex Traub

This onion grows a short stem up to about 10 centimeters tall from a brown or reddish bulb one or two centimeters long. There is generally a single leaf which may be longer than the stem. The inflorescence is packed with up to 40 flowers, each about a centimeter long and pink or purple in color with greenish veining. The protruding stamens are bumpy at their bases and have purple anthers at the tips.[6][7]

References
  1. Traub, Hamilton Paul 1972. Plant Life 28: 63
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. USDA Plants Profile
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  5. Calflora, Consortium of California Herbaria, Allium hoffmanii
  6. Jepson Manual Treatment
  7. Flora of North America, Allium hoffmanii


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