Species

Allium hoffmanii (Beegum onion)

Allium hoffmanii. Photo: (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Allium hoffmanii is a species of wild onion known by the common name beegum onion. It is native to northern California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the local mountain ranges in Siskiyou, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, and Tehama Counties.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Asparagales (Agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
        Family: Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis, onions, and allies)
        Subfamily: Allioideae
        Tribe: Allieae
        Genus: Allium (Onions)
        Subgenus: Amerallium
        Section: Lophioprason
        Species: Allium hoffmanii (Beegum onion)

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