Burke: Allium anceps vs. Allium dictuon

	Allium anceps	Allium dictuon
		Blue Mountain onion
Habit		Scapose perennial from an obliquely ovoid bulb, with new bulbs developing outside the bulb coat; outer coat pale brown with a conspicuous, irregular, oblong or rhomboidal network pattern.
Leaves		Leaves 2, linear, nearly flat, much shorter that the terete scape.
Flowers		Umbel many-flowered, the pedicel 1-2 times as long as the tepals; tepals 6, 10-15 mm. long, bright pink, narrowly lanceolate, tapered and pointed, denticulate; stamens 6, about 2/3 the length of the tepals.
Fruits		Capsule 3-celled, without a crest.

	Allium anceps	Allium dictuon
Flowering time		June-July
Habitat		Open, fairly dry, rocky areas at low to middle elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Columbia County. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	A. acuminatum, A. amplectens, A. campanulatum, A. cernuum, A. columbianum, A. constrictum, A. crenulatum, A. dictuon, A. douglasii, A. fibrillum, A. geyeri, A. macrum, A. nevii, A. robinsonii, A. schoenoprasum, A. scilloides, A. textile, A. tolmiei, A. validum, A. vineale	A. acuminatum, A. amplectens, A. campanulatum, A. cernuum, A. columbianum, A. constrictum, A. crenulatum, A. douglasii, A. fibrillum, A. geyeri, A. macrum, A. nevii, A. robinsonii, A. schoenoprasum, A. scilloides, A. textile, A. tolmiei, A. validum, A. vineale
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Allium anceps

Allium dictuon

Blue Mountain onion

Habit

Scapose perennial from an obliquely ovoid bulb, with new bulbs developing outside the bulb coat; outer coat pale brown with a conspicuous, irregular, oblong or rhomboidal network pattern.

Leaves

Leaves 2, linear, nearly flat, much shorter that the terete scape.

Flowers

Umbel many-flowered, the pedicel 1-2 times as long as the tepals;

tepals 6, 10-15 mm. long, bright pink, narrowly lanceolate, tapered and pointed, denticulate;

stamens 6, about 2/3 the length of the tepals.

Fruits

Capsule 3-celled, without a crest.