Allium glandulosum

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|taxon=Allium glandulosum

|parent=Allium subg. Amerallium

|authority=Link & Otto

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|synonyms=Allium longifolium {{small|Lindl.}}

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Allium glandulosum, the gland onion, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.{{cite POWO |id=300727-2 |title=Allium glandulosum Link & Otto |access-date=3 April 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ALGL |title=Allium glandulosum |author= |date=21 October 2019 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=3 April 2023 }} It has a history of cultivation by indigenous Mesoamerican peoples.{{cite journal |title=Plant Management among the Nahua and the Mixtec in the Balsas River Basin, Mexico: An Ethnobotanical Approach to the Study of Plant Domestication |last1=Casas |first1=Alejandro |last2=Vázquez |first2=María del Carmen |last3=Viveros |first3=Juan Luis |last4=Caballero |first4=Javier |journal=Human Ecology |year=1996 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=455–478 |doi=10.1007/BF02168862 |jstor=4603217 |bibcode=1996HumEc..24..455C |s2cid=154852544 }}

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