Allium validum

Pacific mountain onion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Amerallium
Species:
A. validum
Binomial name
Allium validum

Allium validum is a species of flowering plant commonly called swamp onion, wild onion, Pacific onion, or Pacific mountain onion. It is native to the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains, and other high-elevation regions in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho and British Columbia.[2][3] It is a perennial herb and grows in swampy meadows at medium and high elevations.[4]

  1. ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2017). "Allium validum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 208. IUCN. e.T80603050A80958507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T80603050A80958507.en.
  2. ^ "Allium validum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". efloras.org.
  3. ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium validum
  4. ^ "Allium validum". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2021-12-20.