Allium parryi

Allium parryi is a North American species of wild onion[2] known by the common names Parry's onion and Parry's fringed onion. It is common in the Coast Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California.[1] It is also known from the southernmost reaches of the Sierra Nevada.[3][4][5]

Parry's fringed onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. parryi
Binomial name
Allium parryi
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium fimbriatum subsp. parryi (S.Watson) Traub & Ownbey
  • Allium kessleri Davidson

Allium parryi produceds a reddish-brown bulb roughly a centimeter long. It produces a short stem up to a maximum height of about 20 centimeters and a single cylindrical leaf which is generally a bit longer. The inflorescence contains up to 50 pink-veined white flowers which turn darker pink as they age. Each flower has narrow tepals less than a centimeter long.[6][7]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Watson, Sereno 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 231–232 in English
  3. USDA Plants Profile
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. Calflora Taxon Report 221, Allium parryi
  6. Flora of North America, Allium parryi
  7. Jepson Manual Treatment, Allium parryi


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