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.
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.[1][3][4][5]
Referencesedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allium praecox.
^ abFlora of North America v 26 p 263 Allium praecox
allium, praecox, species, wild, onion, known, common, name, early, onion, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, monocotsorder, asparagalesfamily, amaryllidaceaesubfamily, allioideaegenus, alliumspecies, praecoxb. Allium praecox is a species of wild onion known by the common name early onion Allium praecoxScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AsparagalesFamily AmaryllidaceaeSubfamily AllioideaeGenus AlliumSpecies A praecoxBinomial nameAllium praecoxBrandegeeSynonymsAllium hyalinum var praecox Brandegee Jeps Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 References 4 External LinksDistribution editIt 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 1 2 Description editAllium 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 1 3 4 5 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allium praecox a b Flora of North America v 26 p 263 Allium praecox USDA Plants Profile Hickman J C 1993 The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California 1 1400 University of California Press Berkeley Allium praecox Allium praecox Photo gallery Shreve F amp I L Wiggins 1964 Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols Stanford University Press Stanford External Links editJepson Manual Treatment This Allium article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allium praecox amp oldid 1168587135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
