Allium glandulosum Link & Otto is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Allium glandulosum Link & Otto

Allium glandulosum Link & Otto

Allium glandulosum (gland onion) is an Amaryllidaceae flowering plant native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, historically cultivated by Mesoamerican indigenous peoples.

Genus
Allium
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Allium glandulosum Link & Otto

Allium glandulosum, commonly known as the gland onion, is a flowering plant species belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples have a history of cultivating this species.

Photo: (c) Alan Camacho Morales, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alan Camacho Morales · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Amaryllidaceae Allium

More from Amaryllidaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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