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Photo is of parent taxon

darkred onion, Great Basin onion

Tepals

deep reddish purple or rarely pure white, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, apex margins becoming involute, apex thus appearing long-acuminate.

2n

= 14.

Allium atrorubens var. atrorubens

Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Sandy, rocky, or clay soils on desert slopes
Elevation 1400–2100 m (4600–6900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 249.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Allium > Allium atrorubens
Sibling taxa
A. atrorubens var. cristatum
Name authority unknown
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