jeweled onion

Allium serra

Member of onions (genus Allium)
amaryllis family (family Amaryllidaceae)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
purple, pale purple, red purple in flowering plants

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• leaf 2–3, ± cylindric
• pedicels 7–15 mm
• common

Toxicity of wild garlic, wild onion (Allium spp.):
1 – Skin contact with these plants can cause symptoms ranging from redness, itching, and rash to painful blisters like skin burns.
3 – Ingestion of these plants is expected to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms that may cause illness but is not life-threatening.

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Chris’s observations: 13 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Santa Teresa CP: 5
• Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP: 3
• Henry Coe SP: 2
• Calero CP
• Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
• Sunol Wilderness RP

Months:

• Mar.: 1
• Apr.: 7
• May: 5

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora