Allium parvum |
Allium perdulce |
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dwarf onion, small onion |
plains onion |
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Bulbs | 1–5+, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, rhizomes absent, renewal bulbs formed within coats of parent bulb, ovoid to ± globose, 1–2 × 0.7–2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, gray to grayish brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats white or pinkish, cells obscure, ± quadrate. |
2–20+, without basal bulbels, 1–2.5 × 1.2–2.8 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, dark brown, reticulate, cells coarse-meshed, open, fibrous; inner coats whitish, cells regular, vertically elongate, walls not sinuous. |
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Leaves | usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, ± falcate, 8–15 cm × 2–8 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, green at anthesis, 3–5, sheathing; blade solid, flat, channeled, 8–30 cm × 1–2(–3) mm, margins entire. |
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Scape | usually forming abcission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature, frequently breaking at this level after pressing, solitary, erect, solid, flattened, frequently ± winged distally, or, in smaller specimens, ± terete, 3–12 cm × 0.5–2 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, ± terete, 10–20 cm × 1–3 mm. |
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Umbel | persistent, erect, compact, 5–30-flowered, hemispheric to conic, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 12–14-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acute to acuminate. |
persistent, erect, loose, 5–25-flowered, hemispheric-globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 3–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
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Flowers | narrowly campanulate, 6–9 mm; tepals erect, ± spreading toward tips, white or tinged with pink, with broad, dark, reddish purple or brown midvein, oblong to elliptic, unequal, outer longer, wider than inner, becoming papery and investing capsule, not carinate in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse to ± acute; stamens included; anthers purple or yellow; pollen yellow; ovary obscurely crested; processes 3, central, low, rounded, margins entire; style linear, ± equaling tepals; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed or obscurely 3-lobed; pedicel 3–12 mm. |
urceolate, 7–10 mm; tepals erect, white or pale pink with deep pink midribs to deep rose, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming callous-keeled and permanently investing capsule, margins entire, apex obtuse or acute; stamens included; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow; ovary crestless; style linear, ± equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed or obscurely lobed; pedicel 3–17 mm, ± 2 times perianth at anthesis, elongating in fruit. |
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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 parvum |
Allium perdulce |
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Phenology | Flowering late Apr–Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Rocky, clay slopes and talus | |||||
Elevation | 1200–2800 m (3900–9200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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c North America
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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. | FNA vol. 26, p. 241. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium | ||||
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Synonyms | A. modocense, A. pleianthum var. particolor, A. tribracteatum var. andersonii, A. tribracteatum var. parvum | |||||
Name authority | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 54, fig. 13. (1863) | S. V. Fraser: Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 42: 124. (1940) | ||||
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