Allium amplectens
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name=Narrowleaf onion
|image = Allium amplectens 0061.JPG
|image_caption = In Linn County, Oregon
| taxon = Allium amplectens
| parent = Allium subg. Amerallium
| authority = Torr.
| synonyms = *Allium acuminatum var. gracile Alph.Wood
- Allium attenuatum Kellogg
- Allium attenuifolium Kellogg
- Allium attenuifolium var. monospermum (Jeps. ex Greene) Jeps.
- Allium monospermum Jeps. ex Greene
- Allium occidentale A.Gray
- Allium reticulatum Benth.
- Allium serratum S.Watson
|synonyms_ref=[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-294999 The Plant List]
|}}
Allium amplectens, the narrowleaf onion, is a species of flowering plant. It is an onion native to the west coast of the United States, in Oregon, Washington State and California, also British Columbia in Canada. It grows in woods and especially in clay and serpentine soils.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=2AB1439588042139DAD04CC80F76A3A5?name_id=294999 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101331 Flora of North America v 26 p 262]
Description
Growing to {{convert|50|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall and broad, this herbaceous perennial{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/316846/Allium-amplectens-Graceful-Beauty/Details | title = Allium amplectens | publisher = RHS | access-date = 28 June 2021}} grows from a pinkish-brown bulb and sends up a naked green stem topped with an inflorescence wrapped in bright pink or magenta bracts. These open to produce between 10 and 50 shiny white or pale pink flowers, each under a centimeter wide. The six stout stamens and the ovary are white or tinted pink or lavender.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100867#page/181/mode/1up Torrey, John. 1857. Reports of explorations and surveys : to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War 4(5): 148]Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
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External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=12506 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALAM2 USDA Plants Profile]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+amplectens UC Photos gallery]
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Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of Washington (state)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Plants described in 1857
Category:Taxa named by John Torrey
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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