Allium madidum |
Allium bisceptrum |
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mountain swamp onion, swamp onion |
twincrest onion |
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Bulbs | 1–3, larger bulbs each usually with cluster of 10–30 easily detached bulbels to one side of base, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, globose to ovoid, 1–1.6 × 0.8–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, without fibers; inner coats white to pink; inner and outer coats frequently without obvious reticulations, these, when present, contorted. |
1–7+, commonly producing either cluster of stalked, basal bulbels or filiform rhizomes to 1 dm, terminated by bulbels, rhizomes generally lost when specimens are collected, ovoid, 1–2 × 0.6–1.8 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, light brown to gray, membranous, obscurely cellular-reticulate, cells rectangular, walls minutely sinuous, vertical, varying to irregular, all sinuous, without fibers; inner coats white to pink, cells obscure, quadrate. |
Leaves | persistent, green at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat or channeled, 10–25 cm × 1–4 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, green at anthesis, 2–5, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, broadly channeled, 8–30 cm × 1–13 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, ± terete, sometimes ridged, 10–20 cm × 1–2 mm. |
persistent, solitary or clustered 1–3, erect, solid, terete, 10–30(–40) cm × 1–5 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 5–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
persistent, erect, loose, 15–40-flowered, globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 3–4-veined, ovate to lanceolate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | campanulate, 6–10 mm; tepals erect or ± spreading, white with prominent green or pink midveins, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse to acuminate, becoming involute at tip; stamens included; anthers white or yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crestless or obscurely crested; processes 3, low, central, rounded, minute; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed or slightly lobed; pedicel 5–12 mm. |
stellate, 7–10 mm; tepals spreading, lilac to white, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, not carinate, margins entire, apex acuminate, not involute; stamens included; anthers purple; pollen yellow; ovary conspicuously crested; processes 6, central, distinct, flattened, triangular, margins papillose-denticulate; style included, linear, ± equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 10–20 mm, often becoming flexuous and deflexed in fruit. |
Seed | coat dull; cells ± smooth. |
coat shining; cells each with minute, central papilla. |
2n | = 28, 42. |
= 14, 28. |
Allium madidum |
Allium bisceptrum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Seasonally wet meadows | Meadows and aspen groves, less commonly on open slopes in mountains |
Elevation | 1100–2000 m (3600–6600 ft) | 1100–3000 m (3600–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; OR
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AZ; CA; ID; NM; NV; OR; UT
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Discussion | Allium madidum is found in the Blue Mountains, Oregon and in Idaho near Payette Lake and New Meadows. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Two varieties of Allium bisceptrum have been recognized. Where their ranges overlap (central Utah and central Nevada), the putative varieties cannot be distinguished confidently except by chromosome number. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 255. | FNA vol. 26, p. 256. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. bisceptrum var. palmeri, A. bisceptrum var. utahense, A. palmeri | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 228. (1879) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 351, plate 37, figs. 1–3. (1871) |
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