Allium constrictum |
Allium lacunosum |
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Grand Coulee onion |
pitted 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. |
1–3(–5), not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid, 1–2 × 1–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, prominently cellular-reticulate, membranous, accumulating and investing bulb with thick cover, cells square, polygonal, or ± transversely elongate, walls thick, sinuous, without fibers; inner coats white to light brown, cells ± obscure, quadrate. |
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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. |
persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2–3, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flattened, subterete or ± channeled and carinate, ± falcate, 10–30 cm × 0.5–3 mm, margins entire. |
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Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, enlarged apically but distinctly constricted just proximal to inflorescence, 15–20 cm × 1.5–4 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 10–35 cm × 1–4 mm. |
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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 or loose, 5–45-flowered, bulbils unknown, umbel shattering after seeds mature, each flower deciduous with its pedicel; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 4–6-veined, lance-ovate to ovate, ± equal, apex obtuse or acuminate. |
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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. |
campanulate, 4–9 mm; tepals erect or spreading from base, white to deep pink with darker midveins, lance-ovate to ovate, ± equal, margins entire, apex obtuse, acute, or short-acuminate; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary 3-grooved with ridge on either side of each groove, ridges prolonged into crest, ridges and crest densely covered with minute, rounded papillae; processes 3, central, 2-lobed, minute; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, obscurely 3-lobed; pedicel 4–30 mm. |
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Seed | coat shining; cells smooth. |
coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Allium constrictum |
Allium lacunosum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||||||||||
Habitat | Shallow, lithosolic soils, often dry and sandy | |||||||||||||
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | |||||||||||||
Distribution |
WA
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CA
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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.) |
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 260. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | A. douglasii var. constrictum | |||||||||||||
Name authority | (Ownbey & Mingrone) P. M. Peterson: Syst. Bot. 13: 211. (1988) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 231. (1879) | ||||||||||||
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