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§1 Plant
Allium textile A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.
vernacular textile onion — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Allium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 239 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–30 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bulb
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 239 counties across 13 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Arapahoe 08005
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Crowley 08025
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Prowers 08099
- Rio Blanco 08103
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
South Dakota view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Davison 46035
- Day 46037
- Deuel 46039
- Dewey 46041
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Hand 46059
- Harding 46063
- Hutchinson 46067
- Jackson 46071
- Jerauld 46073
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Spink 46115
- Todd 46121
- Walworth 46129
Utah view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALTE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2855724 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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