Allium nevadense |
Allium cratericola |
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Nevada onion |
Cascade onion |
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Bulbs | 1–3, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, with 0–2 stalked, basal bulbels, ovoid, 1–2 × 0.8–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, membranous, usually prominently cellular-reticulate, cells ± transversely elongate, intricately contorted, without fibers; inner coats white or pinkish, cells elongate, intricately contorted. |
1–3, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 × 1–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown or gray, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, ± quadrate, or not visible. |
Leaves | persistent, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 10–20 cm × 1–3 mm. |
usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis, 1–2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, straight or weakly falcate, flat or broadly channeled, 10–30 cm × 1–21 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, ± solid, terete, 5–15 cm × 1–2.5 mm. |
usually forming abcission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature, frequently breaking at this level after pressing, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 2–12 cm × 1–3 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 5–25-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 3–7-veined, ovate to lanceolate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
persistent, erect, compact, 20–30-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–4(–6), 10–16-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | stellate, 7–12 mm; tepals spreading, white or pinkish white with dark pink midveins, lanceolate to ovate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate; stamens included; anthers purple; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire to notched or shallowly toothed; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 8–16 mm. |
campanulate, 7–14 mm; tepals erect, white or pink to purplish with dark greenish brown or purple midveins, lance-oblong, elliptic, or ± oblanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery and investing fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 3, central, rounded, minute, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 5–18 mm. |
Seed | coat dull; cells minutely roughened. |
coat dull; cells ± smooth. |
2n | = 14, 28. |
= 14, 28. |
Allium nevadense |
Allium cratericola |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy, rocky, or occasionally clay soils on desert plains and hillsides | Serpentine, volcanic, and granitic soil |
Elevation | 1400–1700 m (4600–5600 ft) | 300–1800 m (1000–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; NV; OR; UT
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CA
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Discussion | Populations of Allium cratericola from southern California are 2-leaved, while those from the north are either 1- or 2-leaved or sometimes a mixture of both forms. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 248. | FNA vol. 26, p. 271. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
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Synonyms | A. nevadense var. macropetalum | A. parvum var. brucae, A. parvum var. jacintense |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 351, plate 38, figs. 1–3. (1871) | Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 132. (1934) |
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