Allium bigelovii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| name = New Mexico wild leek

| taxon = Allium bigelovii

| parent = Allium subg. Amerallium

| authority = S.Wats.

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|synonyms =*Allium bigelowii S.Wats., alternate spelling[http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art60 International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code)] article 60.7, example 15

| status = G3

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{Cite web|date=2022-06-22 |url= https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129438|access-date=22 Jun 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer Allium bigelovii|title = NatureServe Explorer - Allium bigelovii |publisher=NatureServe}}

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Allium bigelovii, the New Mexico wild leek, is a plant species native to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6207955#page/574/mode/1up Watson, Sereno. 1871. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany page 487] description in English[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6207955#page/439/mode/1up Watson, Sereno. 1871. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany plate 38, figures 8–9] line drawing of flower parts of Allium bigelovii[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/acceptedRef.do?name_id=295136 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] It grows on open, gravelly slopes at elevations of {{convert|500–1700|m|abbr=on}}.

The specific epithet honors John Milton Bigelow (based on the Latinized form of his surname, Bigelovius).

Allium bigelovii has spherical bulbs about {{convert|15|mm|abbr=on}} in diameter. Leaves are up to {{convert|25|cm|abbr=on}} long. Flower bell-shaped, about {{convert|15|mm|abbr=on}} long; ovary bears a prominent crest; tepals white with pink tips and red midveins.{{Cite encyclopedia |first1=Dale W. |last1=McNeal Jr. |first2=T.D. |last2=Jacobsen |contribution=Allium bigelovii |contribution-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101334 |editor-last=Flora of North America Editorial Committee |year=1982 |orig-year=onwards |title=Flora of North America (online) |publisher=eFloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 |accessdate=2014-03-23 |name-list-style=amp }}{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Sereno |year=1871 |title=United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, V Botany |location=Washington |publisher=Gov. Print. Office |oclc=717448038 }} [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6207955 p. 487]; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6207820 plate 38, figs 8,9].{{Cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=M. |year=1998 |title=Nomenclator Alliorum: Allium Names and Synonyms, a World Guide |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |isbn=978-1-900347-64-8 |display-authors=etal}}{{Cite journal |last=Ownbey |first=M. |year=1947 |title=The genus Allium in Arizona |journal=Research Studies of the State College of Washington |volume=15 |pages=211–232 }}