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Passey's Onion (Allium passeyi)

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Photo by C. Delmatier; C. Delmatier
C. Delmatier; C. Delmatier

Passey's Onion

Passey's Onion (Allium passeyi)

Photo by C. Delmatier; C. Delmatier
C. Delmatier; C. Delmatier

Allium passeyi

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G1
State (S-rank): S1

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Phenology

Flowering from late May through June.

Species range

Allium passeyi is endemic to the Blue Creek Valley in Box Elder county, Utah. 

Threats or limiting factors

The inheriently small distribution and population size may increase the species’ vulnerability to threats. Main threats to this species are grazing, invasive plant species, drought and potential habitat destruction as this species is restricted to rocky, shallow lithosolic soils.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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