{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Allium runyonii'' | genus = Allium | species = runyonii | authority = Ownbey |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = }}

'''''Allium runyonii''''' is a North American species of wild onion native to southern Texas about as far north as Corpus Christi, as well as to the Mexican States of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. It is found on sandy soils including in plains along the Río Grande.<ref name="lsdakfpaw4j13845623845345awetrqwt346werqwertq">Flora of North America v 26 p 241,''Allium runyonii''</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Allium%20runyonii.png BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis, ''Allium runyonii'']</ref>

''Allium runyonii'' produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2&nbsp;cm long. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 50&nbsp;cm. Flowers are urn-shaped, about 6&nbsp;mm across; tepals white with pinkish midribs; anthers and pollen are yellow; ovary does not have a crest.<ref name="lsdakfpaw4j13845623845345awetrqwt346werqwertq"/><ref>Ownbey, Francis Marion. 1950. Research Studies of the State College of Washington 18(4): 198–199, figure 4.</ref><ref>Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/67613 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of ''Allium runyonii'']</ref>

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runyonii Category:Flora of Texas Category:Flora of Mexico Category:Onions Category:Plants described in 1950