Allium praecox
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| taxon = Allium praecox
| parent = Allium subg. Amerallium
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| authority = Brandegee
|synonyms=Allium hyalinum var. praecox (Brandegee) Jeps.
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Allium praecox is a species of wild onion known by the common name early onion.
Distribution
It is native to the hills and mountains of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in shady areas in clay soils at elevations up to 800 m.
The species has been reported from Kern, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Orange and San Diego Counties. This includes some populations on the Channel Islands.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101392 Flora of North America v 26 p 263 Allium praecox][http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALPR2 USDA Plants Profile]
Description
Allium praecox grows from a brownish or grayish bulb between one and two centimeters long. The scape is round in cross-section, up to 60 cm long. A single plant generally has two or three long, keeled leaves about the same length as the scape or sometimes a little longer.
The umble consistes up to 40 flowers, each on a long pedicel up to 4 cm long, the flowers up to 15 mm across. The tepals are pink with darker purple veins. Anthers are purple or yellow; pollen yellow.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8409 Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley. Allium praecox][http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+praecox Allium praecox Photo gallery]Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
References
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External links
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=12626 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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