Allium geyeri |
Allium textile |
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Geyer's onion |
textile onion, white wild 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. | |
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. |
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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. |
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Fruits | Capsule 3-celled. |
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Allium geyeri |
Allium textile |
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Flowering time | May-June | May-June |
Habitat | Low meadows and along streams. | Open areas in plains and low hills. |
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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Reported to occur east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington, but no specimens have been seen; Alberta to northeastern Nevada, east to Utah and New Mexico.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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