Allium parryi S.Watson is a plant in the Amaryllidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Allium parryi S.Watson

Allium parryi S.Watson

Allium parryi, or Parry's onion, is a North American wild onion native to California and northern Baja California.

Genus
Allium
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Allium parryi S.Watson

Allium parryi is a North American wild onion species with the common names Parry's onion and Parry's fringed onion. It is common in the Coast Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California, and is also found in the southernmost reaches of the Sierra Nevada. This species grows a reddish-brown bulb roughly one centimeter long. It produces a short stem that reaches a maximum height of about 20 centimeters, along with a single cylindrical leaf that is generally a bit longer than the stem. Its inflorescence holds up to 50 white flowers marked with pink veins; these flowers turn darker pink as they age. Each flower has narrow tepals less than one centimeter long.

Photo: (c) O Moore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by O Moore · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Amaryllidaceae Allium

More from Amaryllidaceae

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

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