Allium fibrillum |
Allium abramsii |
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Blue Mountain onion, Cuddy Mountain onion, fringe onion |
Abrams' allium, Abrams' onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5+, without cluster of basal bulbels, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ± globose, 0.5–1.2 × 0.5–1 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, reticulate; cells very fine, often obscure, narrow, ± transversely elongate, intricately contorted, without fibers; inner coats white to pink, cells obscure, transversely elongate, intricately contorted. |
1–3, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid to globose, 1–1.5 × 1–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, gray to dark brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, quadrate. |
Leaves | usually persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, ± falcate, linear, channeled, 7–24 cm × 0.5–3 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 12–30 cm × 1–3.5 mm. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete or slightly flattened to very narrowly winged, 3–15 cm × 0.5–2 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 6–15 cm × 1–3 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric to globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 4–6-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
persistent, erect, compact, 10–45-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 3–5-veined, lanceolate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | campanulate, 5–8 mm; tepals erect, white with prominent greenish or pink midribs, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse to acuminate, ± involute at tip; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crestless or obscurely crested; processes 3, low, rounded, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 3–10 mm. |
campanulate to urceolate, 8–15 mm; tepals erect, rose-purple, linear to lanceolate, unequal, becoming rigid and ± keeled in fruit, apex acute, ± spreading-reflexed at tip, inner tepals slightly shorter and wider than outer, outer margins denticulate on distal 1/4, inner margins denticulate to erose and crisped throughout; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel 4–12 mm. |
Seed | coat dull or shining; cells smooth. |
coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium fibrillum |
Allium abramsii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Moist, shallow soils | Granite sands in open coniferous forest |
Elevation | 300–2600 m (1000–8500 ft) | 1400–2000 m (4600–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; OR; WA
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CA |
Discussion | Allium fibrillum closely resembles A. madidum but does not have a cluster of basal bulbels. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Allium abramsii is known only from the central Sierra Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 266. | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. collinum | A. fimbriatum var. abramsii |
Name authority | M. E. Jones ex Abrams: in L. Abrams and R. S. Ferris, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 1: 393. (1923) | (Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal: Aliso 13: 417. (1992) |
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