Allium tuolumnense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. tuolumnense
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Binomial name | |
Allium tuolumnense (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) S. Denison & McNeal
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Synonyms | |
Allium sanbornii var. tuolumnense Ownbey & Aase ex Traub |
Allium tuolumnense is a rare species of wild onion, known by the common name Rawhide Hill onion.[2]
It is endemic to Tuolumne County, California, where it is known only from a small section of the Sierra Nevada foothills at Rawhide Hill and the Red Hills. It is a plant of serpentine soils.