Allium anceps |
Allium yosemitense |
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two-edged onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5; ovoid; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, membranous; more or less prominently cellular-reticulate; cells transversely elongate; in regular vertical rows, narrowly rectangular; without fibers. |
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Leaves | usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis, 2; blades solid; flat, falcate, 7–26 cm × 4–6 mm. |
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Scapes | usually forming abscission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature; solitary; erect; solid, flattened, narrowly winged, 5–15 cm × 1–3 mm. |
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Umbels | persistent; erect; more or less compact, 15–35-flowered, hemispheric; pedicels 7–17(20) mm; spathe bracts 2. |
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Flowers | 8–12 mm; tepals spreading, linear-lanceolate; more or less equal, light pink with diffuse greenish midveins; margins entire; apex acute; stamens more or less equaling tepals; ovary crested with 6 inconspicuous processes; stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed. |
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2n | =14. |
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Allium anceps |
Allium yosemitense |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Heavy, usually barren, clay soils, rocky openings in sagebrush steppe. Flowering May–Jun. 700–1900 m. BR, BW, Owy. CA, ID, NV. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 136 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
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