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Allium nevii

Allium fibrillum

Nevius's garlic, Nevius's onion
Allium fibrillum

Cuddy Mountain onion, fringed 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 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 2, concave-convex, narrow, persistent at maturity, shorter than the scape;

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

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

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 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 nevii

Allium fibrillum
Flowering time May-July May-July
Habitat Vernally wet meadows and rocky soils at low to middle elevations. Moist, shallow soils in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in central Washington; Chelan County, Washington to Wasco County, Oregon
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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
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. campanulatum, A. cernuum, A. columbianum, A. constrictum, A. crenulatum, A. dictuon, A. douglasii, A. geyeri, A. macrum, A. nevii, A. robinsonii, A. schoenoprasum, A. scilloides, A. textile, A. tolmiei, A. validum, A. vineale
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