Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi

(Eastwood) Ownbey ex McNeal

Aliso 13: 423. 1992.

Endemic
Basionym: Allium purdyi Eastwood Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 110. 1938
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26.

Scape 10–35 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm. Umbel 20–75-flowered. Flowers: tepals white to pale lavender with darker midvein, apex not spreading or recurved at tip; ovarian crest process margins denticulate to laciniate (crests rarely absent). 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering late Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Serpentine clay
Elevation: 300–600 m

Discussion

Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi is known only from the vicinity of Clear Lake.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
recurved +  and not spreading +
acute +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
(Eastwood) Ownbey ex McNeal +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Allium purdyi +
straight +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1cm +  and 1.7cm +
1 +  and 3 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +
300–600 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Serpentine clay +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
pale-brown +  and white +
persistent +
slender +
denticulate +  and laciniate +
gray +  and brown +
crested +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering late Apr–Jun. +
triangular +
lacking +  and 1 +
proximal +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
10cm +  and 35cm +
1.5mm +  and 3.5mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi +
Allium fimbriatum +
variety +
white;pale lavender +
persisting +
distinct +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
less rigid +  and papery +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
20-75-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +