Allium passeyi

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium passeyi
Name

Allium passeyi N.H.Holmgren & A.H.Holmgren
References

USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Allium passeyi is a plant species endemic to Box Elder County in northwestern Utah. It grows in shallow, stony locations at elevations of 1400–1600 m.[1][2][3]

Allium passeyi produces 2-3 round to egg-shaped bulbs, each up to 2 cm in diameter. Flowers are bell-shaped, up to 9 mm in diameter; tepals pink; pollen yellow.[1][4][5][6]
References

Flora of North America v 26 p 242, Allium passeyi
BONAP (Biota of North America Project), floristic synthesis, Allium passeyi
Utah Rare Plant Guide Species Descriptions, Allium passeyi
Holmgren, Noel Herman & Holmgren, Arthur Hermann. 1974. Brittonia 26(3): 309–311, f. 1, 4.
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Allium passeyi'
Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.