Bigelow'S Onion

Description

Allium bigelovii, the New Mexico wild leek, is a plant species native to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It grows on open, gravelly slopes at elevations of 500-1700 m. The specific epithet honors John Milton Bigelow (based on the Latinized form of his surname, Bigelovius). Allium bigelovii has spherical bulbs about 15 mm in diameter. Leaves are up to 25 cm long. Flower bell-shaped, about 15 mm long; ovary bears a prominent crest; tepals white with pink tips and red midveins.