Allium nevii |
Allium brandegeei |
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Nevius' onion |
Brandegee’s onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5+; ovoid; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, membranous; more or less reticulate; cells quadrate to polygonal, vertically oblong; without fibers. |
1–5; ovoid to globose; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, membranous, usually distinctly cellular-reticulate; cells isodiametric or more or less narrowly hexagonal, transversely elongate; without fibers. |
Leaves | usually persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2; blades solid; flat or more or less channeled, falcate, 12–25 cm × 2–3 mm. |
usually persistent, green at anthesis, 2; blades solid; flat or channeled; more or less falcate, 8–27 cm × 1–3 mm. |
Scapes | persistent, 1–3; erect; solid; terete or somewhat flattened, 2-edged, not expanded proximal to inflorescence, 15–30 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent; solitary; erect; solid; terete, rarely slightly compressed, narrowly or not winged, 3–10(20) cm × 1–3(4) mm. |
Umbels | persistent; erect; compact, 10–30-flowered, hemispheric; pedicels 8–12 mm; spathe bracts 2. |
persistent; erect; compact, 8–25(30)-flowered, hemispheric; pedicels 5–15 mm; spathe bracts 2. |
Flowers | 6–8 mm; tepals spreading, lanceolate; more or less equal; rose-colored; margins entire; apex acuminate; stamens more or less equaling tepals, or exserted; ovary distinctly crested with 6 low processes; stigma unlobed. |
5–8 mm; tepals erect, lanceolate to elliptic; more or less equal, white with prominent green to purplish midvein, becoming involute at tip in fruit; margins entire; apex obtuse to acuminate; stamens included; ovary crestless or obscurely crested with 3 processes; stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed. |
2n | =14. |
=14. |
Allium nevii |
Allium brandegeei |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Wet meadows and along streams, in rocky clay soils, seasonally moist scablands. Flowering Apr–Jun. 0–1200 m. Col, ECas. WA. Native. |
Heavy soils in meadows and seasonally wet areas. Flowering Apr–Jun. 1300–1900 m. BW, Owy. ID, NV; east to MT and CO. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 141 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 137 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Allium douglasii var. nevii | |
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