Allium nevii |
Allium rotundum |
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Nevius' garlic, Nevius' 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. |
1–50+, ovoid, 0.2–1.5 × 0.2–1 cm; outer coats surrounding numerous, very dark purple bulbels, usually white or greenish, membranous, sometimes breaking into ± parallel, fibrous strips; inner coats white, cells obscure, 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. |
persistent, 2–5, sheathing 1/3–1/2 scape; blade solid, flat or channeled, carinate, 15–40 cm × 2–5(–7) 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. |
persistent, solitary, erect, ± solid, 25–90 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, very dense, 80–200-flowered, globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts caducous, 2, 7–12-veined, lanceolate, ± equal, apex narrowed to beak, beak to 2 cm. |
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, 4–7 mm; tepals erect, purple, or inner with broad whitish margins and purple midvein, oblong to ovate, ± equal, becoming keeled and ± rigid in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse; stamens included; filaments: outer unlobed, inner with 2 prominent teeth on either side of anther, teeth 2–3 times anther-bearing portion, usually papillose to ciliate; anthers yellow or purple; pollen light yellow to white; ovary crestless; style linear, ± equaling anther-bearing portion of stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicels 5–30 mm, outer much shorter than inner. |
Seed | coat dull; cells smooth. |
coat dull; cells each with central papilla. |
2n | = 14. |
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Allium nevii |
Allium rotundum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Heavy, rocky soils, wet meadows, or along streams | Disturbed fields and roadsides |
Elevation | 30–1900 m (100–6200 ft) | |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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MI; c Europe; s Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Allium rotundum is native to central and southern Europe. It is reported as established in southern Michigan, and is to be expected elsewhere in the Great Lakes region. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 267. | FNA vol. 26, p. 244. |
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) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 423. (1762) |
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