Crinkled Onion (Allium crispum)

4/30/05 Between mile markers 9 and 9.5 on Figueroa Mountain Road, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County.

4/30/05 Figueroa Mountain Road (ditto above).

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Crinkled Onion

SPECIES: Allium crispum

FAMILY: Alliaceae (Onion & Garlic Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/30/2005

LOCATION: Between mile markers 9 and 9.5 on Figueroa Mountain Road, Figueroa Mountain Recreation Area, Santa Lucia Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Bulb 9–15 mm, ovoid to ± spheric; outer coat brown to gray, sculpture laterally elongate, V-shaped, herringbone-like

Stem 15–35 cm

Leaves 2–3, < stem, ± cylindric

Inflorescence: flowers generally 10–40; pedicels 10–35 mm

Flower 8–13 mm; perianth parts rose-purple, outer ovate, entire, inner narrower, finely dentate, curled, tip ± recurved; ovary crests 3, minute, 2-lobed, central

Ecology: Clay slopes, including serpentine

Elevation: < 800 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Central Western California