Allium parryi |
Allium bolanderi |
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Parry's fringe onion |
Bolander's onion |
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Bulbs | 1–3, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid to globose, 0.8–1.4 × 0.8–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown to reddish brown, chartaceous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats light brown, cells obscure, quadrate. |
1–6+, not basally clustered, replaced annually by new bulbs borne terminally on rhizomes; rhizomes 1–3, inconspicuous, slender, less than 2 cm including renewal bulb; parent bulbs disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and bulb coat, oblique-ovoid to ± oblong, 0.7–1.4 × 0.5–1.2 cm; outer coats not enclosing bulbs, brown to gray-brown, ± obscurely reticulate, membranous, reticulum delicate, cells transversely elongate, V-shaped or ± wavy, forming obscure herringbone pattern, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, quadrate to ± rectangular, often contorted. |
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Leaves | persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 12–28 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2–3, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, subterete to ± channeled, 9–30 cm × 1–2 mm, margins entire. |
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Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 5–25 cm × 1–3 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 10–35 cm × 1–3 mm. |
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Umbel | persistent, erect, loose, 8–50-flowered, hemispheric, bulbels unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 4–6-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex setaceous. |
persistent, erect, compact to loose, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 4–6-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
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Flowers | campanulate, 6–9 mm; tepals erect, white to pink, becoming deep pink to red after anthesis, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, becoming ± rigid in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, flaring distally; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins ± irregularly toothed, apex emarginate; style linear, equaling stamens or shorter; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel 6–20 mm, flexuous in fruit. |
conic to campanulate, 7–14 mm; tepals erect, reddish purple, rarely white, narrowly lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, becoming rigid and carinate in fruit, margins finely denticulate (inner tepal more prominently so), apex acute to obtuse, becoming involute at tip and appearing acuminate; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 3, central, 2-lobed, minute, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, obscurely 3-lobed, scarcely thickened; pedicel 10–20 mm. |
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Seed | coat shining; cells minutely roughened. |
coat dull; cells minutely roughened. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Allium parryi |
Allium bolanderi |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Clay or sandy soils on dry slopes | |||||
Elevation | 900–2200 m (3000–7200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; OR
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). The varieties of Allium bolanderi are extremely difficult to distinguish in the absence of bulb material. Care must be taken to obtain good bulb material whenever collecting Allium, but it is extremely critical in this species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 253. | FNA vol. 26, p. 259. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium | ||||
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Synonyms | A. fimbriatum var. parryi, A. kessleri | |||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 231. (1879) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 229. (1879) | ||||
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