Allium burlewii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium burlewii
Name

Allium burlewii Davidson, 1916
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern USA
California

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Davidson, A., 1916. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 15: 17

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Allium burlewii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Allium burlewii. Published online. Accessed: Dec 07 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Allium burlewii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Dec 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Allium burlewii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Burlew's onion. It is endemic to California, where grows in the granitic soils of several of the central and southern mountain ranges from Riverside and San Bernardino to Fresno and Monterey Counties, usually between 6,000 and 10,000 feet above sea level.[2][3]

Allium burlewii is a short-stemmed onion, from an oval-shaped bulb, with a scape rarely taller than 20 cm. It pointed a single long, pointed leaf up to 35 cm long. The inflorescence contains up to 20 dark-veined purple flowers each up to a centimeter long with dark purple anthers.[3][4][5][6]
References

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158723
USDA Plants Profile
Flora of North America
Photo gallery
Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley
Davidson, Anstruther. 1916. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 15(1): 17.