Allium anceps |
Allium bisceptrum |
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Kellogg's onion, twin leaf onion, two-edge onion |
twincrest onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1.2–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown to yellow-brown, membranous, ± prominently cellular-reticulate, cells in regular vertical rows, narrowly rectangular, transversely elongate, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, transversely elongate. |
1–7+, commonly producing either cluster of stalked, basal bulbels or filiform rhizomes to 1 dm, terminated by bulbels, rhizomes generally lost when specimens are collected, ovoid, 1–2 × 0.6–1.8 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, light brown to gray, membranous, obscurely cellular-reticulate, cells rectangular, walls minutely sinuous, vertical, varying to irregular, all sinuous, without fibers; inner coats white to pink, cells obscure, quadrate. |
Leaves | usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, falcate, 7–26 cm × 4–6 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, green at anthesis, 2–5, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, broadly channeled, 8–30 cm × 1–13 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | usually forming abcission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature, frequently breaking at this level after pressing, solitary, erect, solid, flattened, narrowly winged, 10–15 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, solitary or clustered 1–3, erect, solid, terete, 10–30(–40) cm × 1–5 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, ± compact, 15–35-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 10–13-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acute. |
persistent, erect, loose, 15–40-flowered, globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 3–4-veined, ovate to lanceolate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | stellate, 8–12 mm; tepals spreading, light pink with diffuse greenish midveins, linear-lanceolate, ± equal, papery, withering in fruit, margins entire, apex acute; stamens ± equaling tepals; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, central, rounded, minute, margins entire; style linear, 0.5 times stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 15–30 mm. |
stellate, 7–10 mm; tepals spreading, lilac to white, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, not carinate, margins entire, apex acuminate, not involute; stamens included; anthers purple; pollen yellow; ovary conspicuously crested; processes 6, central, distinct, flattened, triangular, margins papillose-denticulate; style included, linear, ± equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 10–20 mm, often becoming flexuous and deflexed in fruit. |
Seed | coats dull; cells smooth. |
coat shining; cells each with minute, central papilla. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14, 28. |
Allium anceps |
Allium bisceptrum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Heavy, generally barren, clay soils | Meadows and aspen groves, less commonly on open slopes in mountains |
Elevation | 1200–1600 m (3900–5200 ft) | 1100–3000 m (3600–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR
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AZ; CA; ID; NM; NV; OR; UT
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Discussion | Two varieties of Allium bisceptrum have been recognized. Where their ranges overlap (central Utah and central Nevada), the putative varieties cannot be distinguished confidently except by chromosome number. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 270. | FNA vol. 26, p. 256. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. bisceptrum var. palmeri, A. bisceptrum var. utahense, A. palmeri | |
Name authority | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 109. (1863) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 351, plate 37, figs. 1–3. (1871) |
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