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Allium membranaceum
About
Allium membranaceum is an uncommon species of wild onion known by the common name papery onion. It is endemic to California, where it grows in wooded areas in the southernmost Cascade Range, the northern Coast Ranges, and the Sierra Nevada foothills from Tulare County to Humboldt County. It is found on wooded slopes at elevations of 200–1400 m.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Allium membranaceum
- Slug
- allium-membranaceum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
- Species
- membranaceum
- Wikidata QID
- Q4732914
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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