Allium nevii |
Allium lemmonii |
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Nevius' garlic, Nevius' onion |
Lemmon's 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. |
1–5+, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid, 1.5–2.2 × 1–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, membranous, ± prominently cellular-reticulate, cells in ± regular vertical rows, narrowly rectangular, transversely elongate, without fibers; inner coats white to light brown, cells ± narrowly rectangular, transversely elongate, or quadrate. |
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. |
usually deciduous with scape, green or withering only at tip at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, falcate, 8–30 cm × 3–5 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | persistent, 1–3, erect, solid, terete or somewhat flattened, 2-edged, not expanded proximal to inflorescence, 15–30 cm × 1–3 mm. |
usually forming abcission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature, frequently breaking at this level after pressing, solitary, erect, solid, flattened, narrowly winged, 15–20 cm × 1–4 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 10–30-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 5–6-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acute. |
persistent, erect, compact to ± loose, 10–40-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 8–10-veined, broadly lanceolate to ovate, ± equal, apex long-acuminate. |
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, 6–9 mm; tepals erect, pink to whitish, lance-ovate, ± equal, becoming ± rigid in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate; stamens ± equaling tepals; anthers light purple to yellow; pollen yellow; ovary obscurely crested; processes 6, low, central, 2 per lobe, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 8–16 mm. |
Seed | coat dull; cells smooth. |
coat dull; cells smooth. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium nevii |
Allium lemmonii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Heavy, rocky soils, wet meadows, or along streams | Drying, clay soils |
Elevation | 30–1900 m (100–6200 ft) | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 267. | FNA vol. 26, p. 270. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. douglasii var. nevii | A. incisum, A. scissum |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 231. (1879) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 234. (1879) |
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