Allium drummondii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| taxon = Allium drummondii

| parent = Allium subg. Amerallium

| name = Drummond's onion

| image = Allium Drummondii.jpg

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| authority = Regel[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15950036#page/283/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 112] in Latin

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• Allium nuttallii S.Watson
• Allium helleri Small
• Allium reticulatum var. nuttallii (S.Watson) M.E.Jones
• Allium drummondii f. asexuale Ownbey

| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{Cite web|date=2022-06-22 |url= https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130887|access-date=22 Jun 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer Allium drummondii|title = NatureServe Explorer - Allium drummondii |publisher=NatureServe}}

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Allium drummondii, also known as Drummond's onion, wild garlic and prairie onion,{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} is a North American species of onion native to the southern Great Plains of North America. It is found in South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and northeastern Mexico.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295467 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ALDR Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Allium drummondii Regel]

Allium drummondii is a bulb-forming perennial. The flowers appear in April and May, in a variety of colors ranging from white to pink. It is common, considered invasive in some regions.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101355 Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 239 Allium drummondii Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 3: 112. 1875.]CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Allium%20drummondii.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map]