Allium anceps |
Allium parryi |
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Kellogg's onion, twin leaf onion, two-edge onion |
Parry's fringe 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. |
1–3, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid to globose, 0.8–1.4 × 0.8–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown to reddish brown, chartaceous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats light brown, 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, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 12–28 cm × 1–3 mm. |
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, erect, solid, terete, 5–25 cm × 1–3 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, 8–50-flowered, hemispheric, bulbels unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 4–6-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex setaceous. |
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. |
campanulate, 6–9 mm; tepals erect, white to pink, becoming deep pink to red after anthesis, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, becoming ± rigid in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, flaring distally; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins ± irregularly toothed, apex emarginate; style linear, equaling stamens or shorter; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel 6–20 mm, flexuous in fruit. |
Seed | coats dull; cells smooth. |
coat shining; cells minutely roughened. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium anceps |
Allium parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Heavy, generally barren, clay soils | Clay or sandy soils on dry slopes |
Elevation | 1200–1600 m (3900–5200 ft) | 900–2200 m (3000–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 270. | FNA vol. 26, p. 253. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. fimbriatum var. parryi, A. kessleri | |
Name authority | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 109. (1863) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 231. (1879) |
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