Allium serra |
Allium shevockii |
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jeweled onion, pom-pon onion, serrated onion |
Spanish needle onion |
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Bulbs | 1–3, increase bulbs absent and ± equaling parent bulbs, never appearing as basal cluster, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ovoid to ± globose, 0.8–1.2 × 0.8–1.2 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brown, prominently cellular-reticulate, membranous, cells arranged in ± vertical rows, forming distinct herringbone pattern, transversely elongate, V-shaped, without fibers; inner coats white, cells obscure, arranged in vertical rows, forming distinct herringbone pattern or ± quadrate, V-shaped. |
2–10+, forming threadlike rhizomes, rhizomes 3–10 cm, terminated by bulbels and/or 1–2 basal bulbels that in turn may produce threadlike rhizomes, ± globose, 1–1.5 × 1–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing single bulb, brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats light yellow, turning reddish on drying, cells obscure, ± quadrate. |
Leaves | persistent, withering from tips at anthesis, 2–3, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, subterete, channeled, 13–35 cm × 1–4 mm, margins entire. |
persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 20–40 cm × 2–4 mm. |
Scape | persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 1.5–4 cm × 2–3 mm. |
persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 10–20+ cm × 1–5 mm. |
Umbel | shattering after seeds mature, each flower deciduous with its pedicel as a unit, erect, compact, 10–40-flowered, hemispheric to globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 5–6-veined, lance-ovate to ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. |
persistent, erect, compact, 12–30-flowered, globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, usually 3, 5–7-veined, lanceolate, ± equal, apex apiculate. |
Flowers | urceolate to campanulate, 8–11 mm; tepals erect, pink, lanceolate to lance-ovate, unequal, inner shorter and narrower than outer, becoming papery and connivent over capsule, margins entire, apex acute; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 3, central, 2-lobed, minute, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, 3-lobed; pedicel 7–15 mm. |
campanulate, 12–14 mm; tepals spreading, unequal; outer tepals maroon, oblanceolate, margins irregularly shallow-toothed, apex acute to mucronate, reflexed-curled; inner tepals maroon distally, white proximally, ovate, withering in fruit, curled back at tip, margins entire, apex acute, reflexed; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, narrowly triangular, margins entire, apex emarginate; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel 10–16 mm. |
Seed | coat dull; cells minutely roughened. |
coat shining; cells minutely roughened. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Allium serra |
Allium shevockii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Heavy, clay soils, including serpentine | Soil pockets on schist outcrops |
Elevation | 30–1200 m (100–3900 ft) | 2200–2400 m (7200–7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Allium serra is known only from the central and north Coast Ranges. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Allium shevockii is known only from the upper slopes of Spanish Needle Peak in the southern Sierra Nevada and from Horse Canyon, Tehachapi Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 263. | FNA vol. 26, p. 252. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | McNeal & Ownbey: Madroño 24: 25, fig. 1. (1977) | McNeal: Madroño 34: 150, fig. 1. (1987) |
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