Allium anceps, known as twinleaf onion[1] and Kellogg's onion,[2] is a species of wild onion native to the western United States. It is widespread in Nevada, extending into adjacent parts of California, Idaho, and Oregon.[2] It grows in barren clay and rocky soils.[2][3][4]
This perennial herb produces a flowering scape from a bulb up to Шаблон:Convert long and wide. There are up to 5 bulbs, sometimes wrapped together in the brown or yellow-brown outer coat. There are two flat, smooth-edged, sickle-shaped leaves up to Шаблон:Convert long. The scape is erect, up to Шаблон:Convert tall, and flattened with winged edges. It bears an umbel of 15 to 35 flowers with two spathes at the base. The star-shaped flower is roughly Шаблон:Convert wide with six greenish-veined pink tepals. The six stamens are tipped with yellow anthers bearing yellow pollen. Once the seeds mature the scape dies and breaks off, usually along with the leaves.[4][5]
The bulbs are edible and were a food source for the Northern Paiute, who roasted them and pressed them into cakes.[6]
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