Allium platycaule grows from a gray bulb 2 to 3 cm (3⁄4 to 1+1⁄4 in) wide. Scape is thin and strongly flattened, up to 25 cm (9+3⁄4 in) long but rarely more than 7 mm (1⁄4 in) across. It may be thicker along the midrib and much narrower along the sides. The long, flat leaves are sickle-shaped. Atop the stem is an umbel which may have as many as 90 flowers in it. Each flower may be up to a centimeter and a half wide but the tepals are quite narrow so as to be almost threadlike. The inflorescence therefore may appear be a dense ball of filaments. The flowers are generally bright pink to magenta with yellow anthers.[2][3][4][5]
Uses
The leaves, bulbs, and seeds were utilized as food by the Northern Paiute people.[6]
allium, platycaule, species, wild, onion, known, broadstemmed, onion, flat, stem, onion, native, northeastern, california, south, central, oregon, lake, county, northwestern, nevada, washoe, humboldt, counties, found, slopes, elevations, 1500, 2500, flat, stem. Allium platycaule is a species of wild onion known as broadstemmed onion or flat stem onion It is native to northeastern California south central Oregon Lake County and northwestern Nevada Washoe and Humboldt Counties It is found on slopes of elevations of 1500 2500 m 1 Flat stem onionScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AsparagalesFamily AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily AllioideaeGenus AlliumSpecies A platycauleBinomial nameAllium platycauleS Wats Allium platycaule grows from a gray bulb 2 to 3 cm 3 4 to 1 1 4 in wide Scape is thin and strongly flattened up to 25 cm 9 3 4 in long but rarely more than 7 mm 1 4 in across It may be thicker along the midrib and much narrower along the sides The long flat leaves are sickle shaped Atop the stem is an umbel which may have as many as 90 flowers in it Each flower may be up to a centimeter and a half wide but the tepals are quite narrow so as to be almost threadlike The inflorescence therefore may appear be a dense ball of filaments The flowers are generally bright pink to magenta with yellow anthers 2 3 4 5 Uses EditThe leaves bulbs and seeds were utilized as food by the Northern Paiute people 6 References Edit USDA Plants Profile Jepson Manual Treatment Photo gallery Watson Sereno 1879 Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14 234 Hickman J C 1993 The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California 1 1400 University of California Press Berkeley EthnobotanyExternal links Edit Allium platycaule Plants for a Future Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allium platycaule amp oldid 1094753395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
