Global InformationAllium haematochiton information
| Redskin onion | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. haematochiton
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium haematochiton S.Wats.
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Allium haematochiton is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name redskin onion. It is native to northern Baja California, Sonora, and southern California as far north as Kern County.[3][4][2][5] It grows on the slopes of the hills and mountains, such as those of the Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and southern California Coast Ranges.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Allium haematochiton". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Watson, Sereno. 1879. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 227 in English
- ^ Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Allium haematochiton S. Watson red skinned onion, redskin onion