Allium brandegeei, also known by its common name, Brandegee’s Onion, is a plant species native to the western United States. It has been reported from western Colorado, Utah, Idaho, eastern Oregon, Park County, Montana and Elko County, Nevada.Flora of North America v 26 p 266, Allium brandegeeiBONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium brandegeei
Allium brandegeei grows in sandy, rocky soil at elevations of . One plant produces 1-5 round to egg-shaped bulbs up to in diameter. Flowers are bell-shaped, up long; tepals white with green or purple midvein.Watson, Sereno. 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 380..Cronquist, A.J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren & Reveal. 1977. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 6: 1–584. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
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