Mountain swamp onion | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. madidum
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Binomial name | |
Allium madidum |
Allium madidum, common name mountain swamp onion, is a plant species native to the west-central Idaho ( Valley, Adams, and Washington Counties), southern Washington ( Walla Walla County) and eastern Oregon. It grows in wet meadows at elevations of 1100–2000 m. [1] [2] [3]
Allium madidum produces 1-3 bulbs with as many as 30 smaller bulbels attached. The full-size bulbs are round to egg-shaped, up to 1.6 cm long. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 10 mm across; tepals white with green or pink midveins; pollen yellow. [1] [4] [5] Flowers bloom May to July. [6]
Mountain swamp onion | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. madidum
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Binomial name | |
Allium madidum |
Allium madidum, common name mountain swamp onion, is a plant species native to the west-central Idaho ( Valley, Adams, and Washington Counties), southern Washington ( Walla Walla County) and eastern Oregon. It grows in wet meadows at elevations of 1100–2000 m. [1] [2] [3]
Allium madidum produces 1-3 bulbs with as many as 30 smaller bulbels attached. The full-size bulbs are round to egg-shaped, up to 1.6 cm long. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 10 mm across; tepals white with green or pink midveins; pollen yellow. [1] [4] [5] Flowers bloom May to July. [6]