# Allium runyonii

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| name = ''Allium runyonii''
| genus = Allium | species = runyonii
| authority = Ownbey 
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'''''Allium runyonii''''' is a [North America](/source/North_America)n species of [wild onion](/source/wild_onion) native to southern [Texas](/source/Texas) about as far north as [Corpus Christi](/source/Corpus_Christi%2C_Texas), as well as to the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) States of [Nuevo León](/source/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n) and [Tamaulipas](/source/Tamaulipas). It is found on sandy soils including in plains along the [Río Grande](/source/Rio_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](/source/tepals) white with pinkish midribs; [anthers](/source/anthers) and [pollen](/source/pollen) are yellow; [ovary](/source/Ovary_(botany)) 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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Category:Flora of Texas
Category:Flora of Mexico
Category:Onions
Category:Plants described in 1950

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