Allium punctum |
Allium speculae |
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dotted onion, punctate onion |
little river canyon onion |
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Bulbs | 1–3, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid to subglobose, 1–2 × 0.9–1.7 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown to yellow-brown or gray, membranous, ± prominently cellular-reticulate, cells in ± regular vertical rows, narrowly rectangular, transversely elongate, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, narrowly rectangular, transversely elongate, or quadrate. |
1–5+, not rhizomatous, ovoid, 1–5 × 1–2 cm; outer coats usually enclosing single bulb, grayish or brownish, reticulate, cells very fine-meshed, open; inner coats whitish, cells vertically elongate, regular. |
Leaves | 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, 9–18 cm × 2–3 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, green at anthesis, 3+, sheathing; blade solid, flat, channeled, 10–30 cm × 1–2 mm, margins entire. |
Scape | usually forming abcission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature, frequently breaking at this level after pressing, solitary, erect, solid, ± flattened, not winged, 3–10 cm × 1–2 mm. |
persistent, solitary (sometimes 2 in cultivated plants), erect, terete, 20–30 cm × 1–3 mm. |
Umbel | persistent, erect, ± compact, 6–20-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 6–9-veined, lanceolate to ovate, ± equal, apex acute to abruptly acuminate. |
persistent, erect, compact, 10–15-flowered, hemispheric-globose, bulbels unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 3, usually 1-veined, lanceolate, ± equal, apex long-acuminate. |
Flowers | narrowly campanulate, 6–13 mm; tepals erect, white to pinkish with narrow to very broad, purple midvein, oblong-lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery, investing capsule in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse; stamens included; anthers light yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 3, central, low, rounded, broad, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 5–11 mm. |
± campanulate, 5–6 mm; tepals widely spreading, pinkish, elliptic, ± equal, remaining thin and withering over ovary, margins entire, apex obtuse, involute at tip; stamens included; anthers light yellow; pollen white to light yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, central, horizontally spreading, flattened, triangular, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, obscurely 3-lobed; pedicel 9–20 mm. |
Seed | coat dull; cells smooth. |
coat shining; cells each with minute, central papilla. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium punctum |
Allium speculae |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy, rocky, or clay soils on open slopes and flats | On gneiss “flat-rocks” and sandy soil of Piedmont |
Elevation | 1300–1600 m (4300–5200 ft) | 300 m (1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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AL; GA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 270. | FNA vol. 26, p. 242. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | L. F. Henderson: Rhodora 32: 23. (1930) | Ownbey & Aase: Rhodora 61: 70. (1959) |
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