Allium tricoccum |
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum |
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ramp, small white leek, wild leek |
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Bulbs | 2–6, usually borne on short rhizome, ovoid-conic, 1.5–6 × 1.5–3 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish to grayish, reticulate, cells finely fibrous; inner coat white, obscurely cellular, cells irregularly arranged. |
mostly 4–6 × 1.5–3 cm. |
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Leaves | ephemeral, usually absent at anthesis, 2–3, basal; blade solid, flat, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, (15–)20–30(–40) cm × 15–90 mm, tapering to long, slender petiole, margins entire. |
blade (3–)5–9 cm wide, evidently petiolate, sheaths and petioles commonly anthocyanous. |
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Scape | persistent, solitary, flexuous distally, terete, 10–40 cm × 2–4 mm. |
(12–)25–35 cm. |
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Umbel | persistent, erect, loose, (6–)30–50-flowered, obconic to ± hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, ± 3-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex acute, beakless. |
(15–)30–50-flowered; spathe bracts 2–3 cm. |
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Flowers | campanulate, 4–7 mm; tepals erect, white to cream or yellowish, oblong to ovate, ± equal, not withering in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse; stamens ± equaling tepals; anthers white to light yellow; pollen white; ovary crestless; style included, linear, shorter than stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 10–20 mm. |
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Seed | coat shining; cells smooth. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Allium tricoccum |
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Moist ground in rich woods, depressions, streamside bluffs, and colluvial slopes | |||||
Elevation | 0–1400 m (0–4600 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
e North America
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AL; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC |
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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, p. 234. | FNA vol. 26, p. 234. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Allium | Liliaceae > Allium > Allium tricoccum | ||||
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Synonyms | A. pictum, A. triflorum, Ophioscorodon tricoccum, Validallium tricoccum | |||||
Name authority | Solander: in W. Aiton, Hort. Kew 1: 428. (1789) | unknown | ||||
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