Allium bigelovii, the New Mexico wild leek, is a plant species native to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.Watson, Sereno. 1871. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany page 487 description in EnglishWatson, Sereno. 1871. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany plate 38, figures 8–9 line drawing of flower parts of Allium bigeloviiKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It grows on open, gravelly slopes at elevations of .
The specific epithet honors John Milton Bigelow (based on the Latinized form of his surname, Bigelovius).
Allium bigelovii has spherical bulbs about in diameter. Leaves are up to long. Flower bell-shaped, about long; ovary bears a prominent crest; tepals white with pink tips and red midveins. p. 487; plate 38, figs 8,9.
References