Allium constrictum |
Allium tuolumnense |
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Grand Coulee onion |
rawhide Hill 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. |
usually solitary, not clustered on stout, primary rhizomes, ovoid, 1.3–2 × 1.4–2 cm; outer coats enclosing single bulb, dark reddish brown, membranous, 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 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 by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 30–55 cm × 2–4 mm. |
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, 25–50 cm × 2–4 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, 20–60-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, usually 3, 7–8-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex attenuate. |
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. |
saucer-shaped, 6–8 mm; tepals spreading from base, white or flushed with pink, broadly ovate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse to nearly round, not recurved at tip; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins laciniate; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel 7–20 mm. |
Seed | coat shining; cells smooth. |
coat dull; cells minutely roughened. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium constrictum |
Allium tuolumnense |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Shallow, lithosolic soils, often dry and sandy | Serpentine soil on open hillsides |
Elevation | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) | 400–600 m (1300–2000 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Allium tuolumnense is known only from the foothills of the central Sierra Nevada, Rawhide Hill and Red Hills. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 254. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. douglasii var. constrictum | A. sanbornii var. tuolumnense |
Name authority | (Ownbey & Mingrone) P. M. Peterson: Syst. Bot. 13: 211. (1988) | (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) S. S. Denison & McNeal: Madroño 36: 128. (1989) |
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