Allium parishii |
Allium praecox |
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Parish's onion, wild onion |
early onion |
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Bulbs | 1–2, not clustered on primary rhizome, without stalked basal increase bulbs, ovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.3 cm; outer coats enclosing bulbs, brown to reddish brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats pinkish to reddish brown, cells obscure, ± rectangular, vertically elongate. |
1–3, increase bulbs absent or ± equaling parent bulbs, never appearing as basal cluster, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid to globose, 1–1.8 × 1–1.7 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, gray-brown to brown, prominently cellular-reticulate, membranous, cells arranged in ± vertical rows, forming irregular herringbone pattern, transversely elongate, V-shaped, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, ± transversely elongate, contorted. |
Leaves | persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil level; blade solid, terete, 5–30 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 2–3, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, broadly channeled, carinate, 20–75 cm × 5–10 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 5–25 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 20–60 cm × 2–4 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 6–15-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 5–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
shattering after seeds mature, each flower deciduous with its pedicel as a unit, erect, loose, 5–40-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 5–7-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | narrowly campanulate, 12–18 mm; tepals erect, spreading at tips, pale pink with darker midveins, lanceolate to lance-linear, ± equal, inner slightly shorter and narrower than outer, margins entire, apex acute, becoming rigid in fruit; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire to irregularly denticulate; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, minutely 3-lobed, lobes stout, ± spreading; pedicel 5–15 mm. |
stellate, 6–13 mm; tepals spreading at anthesis, white to pale pink with purple midveins, lance-ovate to ovate, ± equal, becoming papery and connivent over capsule, margins entire, apex acute, obtuse, or emarginate; stamens included; anthers purple and yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 3, central, 2-lobed, minute, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 15–40 mm. |
Seed | coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. |
coat shining; cells minutely roughened. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium parishii |
Allium praecox |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Rocky, sandy desert slopes | Clay soil on shaded, grassy slopes near coast |
Elevation | 900–1400 m (3000–4600 ft) | 50–800 m (200–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 249. | FNA vol. 26, p. 263. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. hyalinum var. praecox | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 380. (1882) | Brandegee: Zoë 5: 228. (1906) |
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