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San Bernardino Mountain Onion (Allium monticola)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 134128
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 10/13/2022
Description:

Where is San Bernardino Mountain Onion (Allium monticola) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

San Bernardino Mountain Onion can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve San Bernardino Mountain Onion (Allium monticola)?

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Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Allium monticola in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 100 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Allium monticola from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 20 maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Allium monticola
Authority A. Davids.
Family Liliaceae
CPC Number 12388
ITIS 42646
USDA ALMO3
Duration Perennial
Common Names San Bernardino Mountain Onion
Associated Scientific Names Allium monticola | Allium monticola subsp. keckii | Allium parishii var. keckii | Allium peirsonii
Distribution
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California SNR
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