| Allium sanbornii | |
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| Allium sanbornii var.congdonii[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A.subg. Amerallium |
| Species: | A. sanbornii |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium sanbornii | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Allium sanbornii is aNorth American species ofwild onion known by the common nameSanborn's onion.[3] It is native to northernCalifornia and southwesternOregon.[4] It grows in theserpentine soils of the southernCascade Range and northernSierra Nevada foothills.[5][6]
Allium sanbornii produces a reddish-brownbulb up to about 2.5 cm (1 in) long.Scape up to 60 cm (24 in) long, bearing a single cylindrical leaf which is about the same length. Theumbel contains as many as 150 small flowers, each withtepals less than a centimeter long, pink to white with darker red midveins.Anthers are yellow or purple;pollen yellow or white.[6][7][8]
