Allium geyeri |
Allium fibrillum |
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Geyer's onion |
Cuddy Mountain onion, fringed onion |
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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 perennials from ovoid bulbs, usually clustered, the inner coats whitish or reddish, the outer coats grayish or brownish, with a thin inner membrane with distinct, elongate, contorted network pattern. |
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 2, concave-convex, 1-3 mm. broad, entire, equal to or longer than the scape, persistent at maturity; scape 3-15 cm. tall, terete or slightly flattened. |
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 slender pedicels 1-2 times as long as the tepals; tepals 5-8 mm. long, lanceolate, obtuse to pointed, entire, white or pink with prominent greenish mid-rib; stamens 6, + the length of the tepals; anthers yellowish or purplish. |
Fruits | Capsule 3-celled. |
Capsule 3-celled, obscurely crested with three low processes. |
Allium geyeri |
Allium fibrillum |
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Flowering time | May-June | May-July |
Habitat | Low meadows and along streams. | Moist, shallow soils in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern Vancouver Island to Arizona, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Occurring chiefly in the southeastern counties of Washington; Washington east to Montana, south to Oregon.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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