Allium tuolumnense

Allium tuolumnense

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. tuolumnense
Binomial name
Allium tuolumnense
(Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) S. Denison & McNeal
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.

  1. ^ NatureServe (5 May 2023). "Allium tuolumnense". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ Calflora database — Allium tuolumnense. Accessed 2013-02-05.