Allium constrictum |
Allium falcifolium |
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Grand Coulee onion |
coast flatstem onion, scytheleaf onion, sickle-leaf onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5+, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.4 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, quadrate. |
1–5+, not clustered on stout primary rhizomes, rhizomes absent, increase bulbs absent or ± equaling parent bulbs, never appearing as basal cluster, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.8 cm; outer coats enclosing renewal and increase bulbs, brown to reddish brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats white or pink, cells obscure, ± quadrate. |
Leaves | usually persistent, green at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, broadly channeled, falcate, 10–35 cm × 1–3(–5) mm, margins entire. |
usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, falcate, 8–21 cm × 2–8 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, enlarged apically but distinctly constricted just proximal to inflorescence, 15–20 cm × 1.5–4 mm. |
usually forming abcission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature, frequently breaking at this level after pressing, solitary, erect, solid, strongly flattened, winged distally, 5–25 cm × 1–4 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 15–30-flowered, hemispheric to globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 3, 5–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acute. |
persistent, erect, compact to ± loose, 10–30-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 6–9-veined, lanceolate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | ± stellate, 7–8 mm; tepals spreading, light pink to rose with prominent green or reddish midribs, narrowly lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex acuminate; stamens exserted; anthers blue-gray; pollen light blue to gray; ovary crested; processes 6, 2 per lobe, low, rounded, margins entire; style exserted, linear; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 10–20 mm. |
conic to campanulate, 9–15 mm; tepals erect, reddish purple or dingy white, lanceolate, ± equal, rigid and membranous in fruit, at least inner margins denticulate with minute glands, apex long-acuminate; stamens included; anthers purple or yellow; pollen yellow or white; ovary crested; processes 3, central, low, rounded, broad, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 8–15 mm. |
Seed | coat shining; cells smooth. |
coat dull; cells ± smooth. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium constrictum |
Allium falcifolium |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Shallow, lithosolic soils, often dry and sandy | Heavy, rocky, clay soils, including serpentine |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | 100–2100 m (300–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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CA; OR
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Allium constrictum is known only from Douglas, Grant, and Lincoln counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 275. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
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Synonyms | A. douglasii var. constrictum | A. breweri, A. falcifolium var. breweri |
Name authority | (Ownbey & Mingrone) P. M. Peterson: Syst. Bot. 13: 211. (1988) | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 400. (1841) |
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