Allium nevii |
Allium atrorubens |
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Nevius' garlic, Nevius' onion |
dark red onion, red onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5+, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid, 1–2 × 1–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, light brown, membranous, ± reticulate, cells quadrate to polygonal, vertically oblong, without fibers; inner coats white or pink, cells obscure, quadrate. |
1–3, not clustered on primary rhizome, with 0–2 stalked basal bulbels, ovoid to globose, 1–1.6 × 0.8–1.4 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats pink or white, cells obscure, quadrate. |
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Leaves | usually persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat or ± channeled, falcate, 12–25 cm × 2–3 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil level; blade solid, terete, 8–22 cm × 1–2.5 mm. |
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Scape | persistent, 1–3, erect, solid, terete or somewhat flattened, 2-edged, not expanded proximal to inflorescence, 15–30 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 5–17 cm × 1–3 mm. |
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Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 10–30-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 5–6-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acute. |
persistent, erect, ± compact, 5–50-flowered, hemispheric to globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, (2–)3, 3–6-veined, ovate to lanceolate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
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Flowers | campanulate to substellate, 6–8 mm; tepals spreading, rose-colored, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex acuminate; stamens ± equaling tepals, or exserted; anthers blue-gray; pollen light blue or gray; ovary distinctly crested; processes 6, 2 per lobe, low, rounded, margins entire; style exserted, linear; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 8–12 mm. |
campanulate, 8–12 mm; tepals erect, pale pink to deep reddish purple, rarely white, lanceolate to ovate, ± equal or inner longer and narrower than outer, becoming rigid and ± keeled in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate; stamens included; anthers purple; pollen white or light yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire to notched or shallowly toothed; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma obscurely capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 10–22 mm. |
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Seed | coat dull; cells smooth. |
coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Allium nevii |
Allium atrorubens |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Heavy, rocky soils, wet meadows, or along streams | |||||
Elevation | 30–1900 m (100–6200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
OR; WA
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Intermountain w United States
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 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. 267. | FNA vol. 26, p. 248. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium | ||||
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Synonyms | A. douglasii var. nevii | |||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 231. (1879) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 352, plate 38, figs. 4, 5. (1871) | ||||
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