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Allium sharsmithiae
(Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal
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Allium fimbriatum var. sharsmithiae
Ownbey & Aase ex Traub)
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Amaryllidaceae
Sharsmith's onion
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Allium fimbriatum var. sharsmithiae
Ownbey & Aase ex Traub]
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Dale W. McNeal Jr. & T. D. Jacobsen in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Bulbs usually solitary, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid to globose, 1-1.8 × 1-1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing bulb, reddish brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2-3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats pale brown, cells obscure, quadrate. Leaves persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, terete, 15-25 cm × 1-4 mm. Scape persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 4-17 cm × 1-2.5 mm. Umbel persistent, erect, compact, 5-50-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2-3, 3-8-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex long-acuminate to setaceous. Flowers urceolate, 10-18 mm; tepals erect, deep reddish purple, linear-lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, becoming rigid in fruit, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, recurved-spreading at tips; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire, surfaces usually papillate; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel 6-19 mm. Seed coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. 2n = 14. Flowering Apr--May. Serpentine clay soil on talus slopes; of conservation concern; 500--1100 m; Calif. Allium sharsmithiae is known only from the Mount Hamilton Range.
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