Allium nevii
Allium nevii, known by the common name Nevius' onion or Nevius' garlic, is a plant species native to central Washington and north-central Oregon in the United States. It grows in wet meadows and along stream banks at elevations up to 2000 m.
Description
Allium nevii produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm across. One plant will generally have 1-3 scapes, each round or slightly flattened and up to 25 cm tall. Flowers are in umbels of as many as 30 flowers, each bell-shaped and about 7 mm across. Tepals are rose-colored; anthers and pollen blue. The inner coats range from reddish to white. The outer coats range from gray and brown. The thin membrane has a unique network pattern. The flowers bloom period is between May and June. It has two basal leaves, one leaf-less scape, and a cluster of flowers at its tip. The six tepals are narrowly lanceolate with pointed tips. The tepals are usually pink, and rarely white.
Taxonomy
Historically, Allium nevii was treated as part of the Allium douglasii alliance. Both A. douglasii and A. nevii were placed in the Ownbey Allium falcifolium alliance and subsequently by Traub in subsection Falcifolia, section Lophioprason, subgenus Amerallium. It was formerly considered a variety of Allium douglasii.