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Elmendorf's Onion (Allium elmendorfii)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Liliaceae
  • State: TX
  • Nature Serve ID: 134216
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Elmendorf's Onion (Allium elmendorfii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Elmendorf's Onion can be found in Texas

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Nomenclature
Taxon Allium elmendorfii
Authority M.E. Jones ex Ownbey
Family Liliaceae
CPC Number 6020
ITIS 42702
USDA ALEL
Duration Perennial
Common Names
Associated Scientific Names Allium elmendorfii
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Texas S2
Ecological Relationships

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Pollinators
Common Name Name in Text Association Type Source InteractionID
Bees
Leaf-cutting bees Ashmeadiella cactorum cactorum Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Bombus Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Bombus bifarius nearcticus Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Bombus centralis Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Bombus flavifrons dimidiatus Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Bombus nearcticus Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Bombus sylvicola Not Specified Link
Sweat bees Dialictus microlepoides Not Specified Link
Sweat bees Evylaeus Not Specified Link
Masked bees Hylaeus coloradensis Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Psithyrus crawfordi Not Specified Link
Bumble bees Psithyrus fernaldae Not Specified Link
Butterflies & Moths
Brush-footed butterflies Chlosyne damoetes Not Specified Link
Blues Plebejus saepeolus Not Specified Link
Skippers Polites sabuleti tecumseh Not Specified Link
Birds
Hummingbirds Hummingbird calliope Not Specified Link
Flies
Bee flies Bombylius major Not Specified Link
Blow flies Calliphora terraenovae Not Specified Link
Syrphid flies Eristalis hirtus Not Specified Link
Root-maggot flies Hylemya emarginalis Not Specified Link
Root-maggot flies Hylemya laxifrons Not Specified Link
Root-maggot flies Hylemya pseudospinidens Not Specified Link
House flies and kin Lasiops medius Not Specified Link
Shore flies Leptopsilopa varipes Not Specified Link
Sawflies Tenthredo subnigriceps Not Specified Link
Syrphid flies Toxomerus marginatus Not Specified Link

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