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Allium nevii

Allium campanulatum

Nevius's garlic, Nevius's onion

rosy Sierra onion
Habit Scapose perennial from one or more ovoid bulbs, the inner coats reddish to white, the outer coats gray to brown; with a thin inner membrane showing a distinct network pattern. 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 2, concave-convex, narrow, persistent at maturity, shorter than the scape;

scape usually 1-2 dm. tall, terete, not thickened below the umbel.

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

Umbel several- to many-flowered, the slender pedicels 2-3 times the length of the tepals;

tepals usually 6-7 mm. long, entire, pointed, narrowly lanceolate, usually pink;

stamens 6, about as long as the tepals.

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 nevii

Allium campanulatum
Flowering time May-July June-July
Habitat Vernally wet meadows and rocky soils at low to middle elevations. Dry soils at medium to high elevations.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central Washington; Chelan County, Washington to Wasco County, Oregon
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest where known from Yakima County in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada.
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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. geyeri, A. macrum, 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
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