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Allium macrum
S.Watson
No occurrences found
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Allium equicaeleste
H.St.John)
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
rock onion
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Allium equicaeleste
H.St.John]
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Dale W. McNeal Jr. & T. D. Jacobsen in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Bulbs 1-3, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, globose to ovate, 0.6-2 × 0.5-1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2-3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats white, lacking cellular reticulation. Leaves usually persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat or channeled, ± falcate, 12-38 cm × 2-3 mm, margins entire. Scape persistent, solitary, erect, solid, ± terete, not expanded proximal to inflorescence, 9-32 cm × 0.5-4 mm. Umbel persistent, erect, loose, 10-20-flowered, globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 3-7-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex abruptly acute. Flowers campanulate, 5-7 mm; tepals spreading, white or pinkish with prominent red midveins, narrowly lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex acuminate; stamens equaling tepals or exserted; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 3, thick, obtuse, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, unlobed; pedicel 5-20 mm. Seed coat dull; cells ± smooth. 2n = 14. Flowering Apr--May. Barren, gravelly soils; 100--1400 m; Oreg., Wash.
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