Burke: Allium geyeri vs. Allium campanulatum

	Allium geyeri	Allium campanulatum
	Geyer's onion	rosy Sierra onion
Habit	Scapose perennial, usually from a cluster of ovoid bulbs enclosed in fibrous, outer coats with a coarse network pattern; scapes 1-5 dm. tall, nearly terete.	Scapose perennial herbs from bulbs, the bulbs ovoid, usually producing from the base a cluster of short-stalked bulblets, the outer coats grayish or brownish.
Leaves	Leaves usually 3 or more per scape, concave-convex in cross section, 1-5 mm. broad, usually shorter than the scape, green, becoming brown and persisting.	Leaves usually 2, concave-convex, less than 5 mm. broad, about equal to the scape, withering at flowering; scape usually less than 1.5 dm. tall, cylindrical, usually solitary.
Flowers	Umbels 10- to 25-flowered, the pedicels equal in length, nearly twice the length of the perianth, becoming stiffly spreading in fruit; tepals 6, 6-8 mm. long, ovate to lanceolate, pink to rarely white; stamens 6, shorter than the tepals; ovary inconspicuously crested with 6 low, rounded knobs.	Umbel few- to many-flowered, the pedicels up to 4 times the length of the tepals, becoming strongly deflexed in fruit; tepals usually 7-8 mm. long, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, entire, purplish to pinkish or white, the tips with a strong keel; stamens 6, shorter than the tepals; stigma capitate.
Fruits	Capsule 3-celled.	Capsule 3-celled, 6-seeded, conspicuously crested with 6 flattened processes.

	Allium geyeri	Allium campanulatum
Flowering time	May-June	June-July
Habitat	Low meadows and along streams.	Dry soils at medium to high elevations.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern Vancouver Island to Arizona, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest where known from Yakima County in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	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. macrum, A. nevii, A. robinsonii, A. schoenoprasum, A. scilloides, A. textile, A. tolmiei, A. validum, A. vineale	A. acuminatum, A. amplectens, 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
Subordinate taxa	A. geyeri var. geyeri, A. geyeri var. tenerum
Web links	Local floras: BC, 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	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Allium geyeri

Allium campanulatum

Geyer's onion

rosy Sierra onion

Habit

Scapose perennial, usually from a cluster of ovoid bulbs enclosed in fibrous, outer coats with a coarse network pattern; scapes 1-5 dm. tall, nearly terete.

Scapose perennial herbs from bulbs, the bulbs ovoid, usually producing from the base a cluster of short-stalked bulblets, the outer coats grayish or brownish.

Leaves

Leaves usually 3 or more per scape, concave-convex in cross section, 1-5 mm. broad, usually shorter than the scape, green, becoming brown and persisting.

Leaves usually 2, concave-convex, less than 5 mm. broad, about equal to the scape, withering at flowering;

scape usually less than 1.5 dm. tall, cylindrical, usually solitary.

Flowers

Umbels 10- to 25-flowered, the pedicels equal in length, nearly twice the length of the perianth, becoming stiffly spreading in fruit;

tepals 6, 6-8 mm. long, ovate to lanceolate, pink to rarely white;

stamens 6, shorter than the tepals;

ovary inconspicuously crested with 6 low, rounded knobs.

Umbel few- to many-flowered, the pedicels up to 4 times the length of the tepals, becoming strongly deflexed in fruit;

tepals usually 7-8 mm. long, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, entire, purplish to pinkish or white, the tips with a strong keel;

stamens 6, shorter than the tepals;

stigma capitate.

Fruits