Allium madidum |
Allium coryi |
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mountain swamp onion, swamp onion |
yellowflower 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. |
1–5, without basal bulbels, ovoid, 1–1.8 × 0.7–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, reticulate, cells fine-meshed, open, fibrous; inner coats whitish or brownish, cells intricately contorted, walls not sinuous. |
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, 3–5, sheathing; blade solid, flat, channeled, 10–30 cm × 1–3 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, ± terete, sometimes ridged, 10–20 cm × 1–2 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, ± terete, 10–30 cm × 1–3 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 5–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
persistent, erect, compact or ± loose, usually 10–25-flowered, hemispheric-globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 1-veined, ovate, ± 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. |
campanulate to ± stellate, 6–9 mm; tepals spreading, bright yellow, sometimes tinged with red, fading with age and sometimes upon drying, ovate to lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery and rigid in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse or acute, midribs somewhat thickened; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crestless or rarely crested; processes 6, central, low, sometimes distinct or connate in pairs across septa, rounded, margins entire; style linear, ± equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed or obscurely lobed; pedicel 5–20 mm. |
Seed | coat dull; cells ± smooth. |
coat shining; cells smooth. |
2n | = 28, 42. |
= 14. |
Allium madidum |
Allium coryi |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Seasonally wet meadows | Rocky slopes and plains, mountains |
Elevation | 1100–2000 m (3600–6600 ft) | 800–1400 m (2600–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; OR
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TX |
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.) |
Allium coryi is known only from western Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 255. | FNA vol. 26, p. 239. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 228. (1879) | M. E. Jones: Contr. W. Bot. 17: 21. (1930) |
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