Allium nevadense |
Allium lacunosum |
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Nevada onion |
pitted 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(–5), not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid, 1–2 × 1–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, prominently cellular-reticulate, membranous, accumulating and investing bulb with thick cover, cells square, polygonal, or ± transversely elongate, walls thick, sinuous, without fibers; inner coats white to light brown, cells ± obscure, quadrate. |
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Leaves | persistent, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 10–20 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2–3, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flattened, subterete or ± channeled and carinate, ± falcate, 10–30 cm × 0.5–3 mm, margins entire. |
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Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, ± solid, terete, 5–15 cm × 1–2.5 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 10–35 cm × 1–4 mm. |
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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 or loose, 5–45-flowered, bulbils unknown, umbel shattering after seeds mature, each flower deciduous with its pedicel; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 4–6-veined, lance-ovate to ovate, ± equal, apex obtuse or acuminate. |
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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, 4–9 mm; tepals erect or spreading from base, white to deep pink with darker midveins, lance-ovate to ovate, ± equal, margins entire, apex obtuse, acute, or short-acuminate; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary 3-grooved with ridge on either side of each groove, ridges prolonged into crest, ridges and crest densely covered with minute, rounded papillae; processes 3, central, 2-lobed, minute; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, obscurely 3-lobed; pedicel 4–30 mm. |
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Seed | coat dull; cells minutely roughened. |
coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. |
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2n | = 14, 28. |
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Allium nevadense |
Allium lacunosum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | |||||||||||||
Habitat | Sandy, rocky, or occasionally clay soils on desert plains and hillsides | |||||||||||||
Elevation | 1400–1700 m (4600–5600 ft) | |||||||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; NV; OR; UT
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 4 (4 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 248. | FNA vol. 26, p. 260. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | A. nevadense var. macropetalum | |||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 351, plate 38, figs. 1–3. (1871) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 231. (1879) | ||||||||||||
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