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Howell's onion

Scape

15–25(–35) cm.

Umbel

15–30(–50)-flowered.

Flowers

tepals white to usually pink or lavender;

stamens equaling tepals or short-exserted;

ovary crests purple in fresh specimens.

2n

= 14.

Allium howellii var. howellii

Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Clay soils, including serpentine, on open or grassy slopes
Elevation 200–900 m (700–3000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 250.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Allium > Allium howellii
Sibling taxa
A. howellii var. clokeyi, A. howellii var. sanbenitense
Name authority unknown
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