Allium macropetalum Rydb.

Largeflower onion (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

An onion family plant. A bulb plant. It grows to 25 cm high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows naturally between 300 to 2100 metres in Arizona in South-western North America.
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Desert plains and hills; at elevations of 300-2,500 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The bulbs are eaten raw or cooked. They are singed to reduce the strong flavour. They can be dried for later use. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The flowers are used raw to flavour salads.
Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or by dividing the clumps.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Productivity -

Images

Flower

Allium macropetalum flower picture by Corazon (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Allium macropetalum world distribution map, present in Colombia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8804-2
WFO ID wfo-0000756662
COL ID 5TXF6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Allium deserticola Allium macropetalum Allium reticulatum var. deserticola