Allium textile

Allium textile (prairie onion or textile onion) is a common species of wild onion found in the central part of North America.

Prairie onion
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Amerallium
Species:	A. textile
Binomial name
Allium textile A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
Synonymy Allium angulosum Pursh 1813, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 Allium aridum Rydb. Allium geyeri var. textile (A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.) B. Boivin Allium reticulatum Fraser ex G. Don 1827, illegitimate homonym, not J. Presl & C. Presl 1817 Allium reticulatum var. playanum M.E. Jones Maligia laxa Raf.

1913 illustration^[5]

Description

A. textile produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2.5 cm long. There are no rhizomes. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers are bell-shaped or urn-shaped, about 6 mm in diameter; tepals white or pink with reddish-brown midribs; pollen and anthers yellow.^{[citation needed]}

Taxonomy

A. textile is placed within section Amerallium, subgenus Amerallium.^[6][7]

Distribution and habitat

The native range of A. textile extends across the Great Plains states from Oklahoma to Montana and Minnesota, plus the Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states from northern New Mexico to Washington, plus the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. There is also a report of an isolated population in Indiana.^[8][9] Allium textile grows on dry, sunlit locations at elevations of 300–2400 m.^{[8][10][11][12][13][14][15]}