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Allium brandegeei
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. brandegeei
Binomial name
Allium brandegeei
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Synonyms
  • Allium diehlii (M.E. Jones) M.E. Jones
  • Allium minimum M.E. Jones
  • Allium tribracteatum var. diehlii M.E. Jones

Allium brandegeei is a plant species native to the western United States. It has been reported from western Colorado, Utah, Idaho, eastern Oregon, Park County, Montana and Elko County, Nevada.

Allium brandegeei grows in sandy, rocky soil at elevations of 1,200–3,300 metres (3,900–10,800 ft). One plant produces 1-5 round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) in diameter. Flowers are bell-shaped, up 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long; tepals white with green or purple midvein.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Allium brandegeei". NatureServe Explorer Allium brandegeei. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
  2. Tropicos
  3. The Plant List
  4. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 266, Allium brandegeei
  5. BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium brandegeei
  6. Watson, Sereno. 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 380..
  7. Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
  8. Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Taxon identifiers
Allium brandegeei
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