Allium cepa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Allium cepa L.

Garden onion

2024 Morgan Stickrod

2016 Zoya Akulova

2024 Morgan Stickrod

2021 Jennifer Mo

2019 Stacie Sherman

2024 Morgan Stickrod

2016 Zoya Akulova

2005 Luigi Rignanese

Allium cepa is a perennial herb (bulb) that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~11 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Allium
Family:	Alliaceae (Liliaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Allium cepa var. aggregatum
PLANTS	Allium cepa var. cepa
PLANTS	Allium cepa var. multiplicans
PLANTS	Allium cepa var. proliferum
PLANTS	Allium cepa var. solaninum

Information about Allium cepa from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ALCE) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/22/2024).