Allium bolanderi var. mirabile

(L. F. Henderson) McNeal

Phytologia 73: 307. 1992.

Endemic
Basionym: Allium mirabile L. F. Henderson Rhodora 32: 22. 1930
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 259.

Bulbs oblique-oblong, ± irregularly shaped, suggesting small tuber, 0.9–1.4 cm; outer coats pale-brown, breaking with irregular edges, cells of reticulum wavy. Flowers 9–14 mm; tepals narrowly lanceolate, apex acute. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering late May–early Jul.
Habitat: Clay soils, including serpentine
Elevation: 50–1000 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thicker" is not a number."broad" is not a number.

versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
(L. F. Henderson) McNeal +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Allium mirabile +
straight +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
subterete +  and more or less channeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1 +  and 6 +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
50–1000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
conic +  and campanulate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Clay soils, including serpentine +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
denticulate +
crested +
many;several +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
oblique-ovoid +  and more or less oblong +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering late May–early Jul. +
inconspicuous +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
persistent +
10cm +  and 35cm +
1mm +  and 3mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium bolanderi var. mirabile +
Allium bolanderi +
variety +
white;reddish purple +
persisting +
distinct +
lanceolate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
10-20-flowered +, compact +  and loose +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +