Allium punctum |
Allium validum |
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dotted onion, punctate onion |
Pacific Mountain onion, Pacific onion, Pacific swamp onion, swamp onion, wild 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. |
2–20+, clustered on thick, iris-like rhizome, elongate, 2–5 × 1–2.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, minutely striate, cells in regular vertical rows, elongate, not fibrous-reticulate, fibers persistent, parallel, few, coarse; inner coats reddish purple or whitish, minutely striate, cells in regular vertical rows, elongate. |
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, 3–6, sheathing basally, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, 20–70(–80) cm × 4–15 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, erect, solid, flattened and narrowly winged distally, 30–70 cm × 2–7 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, 15–30-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 3–5-veined, broadly ovate, ± equal, apex acute. |
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, 8–10 mm; tepals erect to ± spreading, pink, narrowly lanceolate, ± equal, withering in fruit, margins entire, apex acuminate, midribs scarcely thickened; stamens exerted; anthers yellow or purple; pollen yellow; ovary crestless; style exserted, linear, longer than stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 10–15 mm, elongating and becoming stout in fruit. |
Seed | coat dull; cells smooth. |
coat dull; cells smooth or minutely roughened. |
2n | = 14. |
= 28, 56. |
Allium punctum |
Allium validum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Sandy, rocky, or clay soils on open slopes and flats | Swampy meadows in mountains |
Elevation | 1300–1600 m (4300–5200 ft) | 1500–2900 m (4900–9500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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CA; ID; NV; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Allium validum is a Cascade-Sierran species extending east to northeastern Nevada, eastern Oregon, and western Idaho. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 270. | FNA vol. 26, p. 245. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | L. F. Henderson: Rhodora 32: 23. (1930) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 350. (1871) |
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