Allium munzii

(Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal

Aliso 13: 415. 1992.

IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Allium fimbriatum var. munzii Ownbey & Aase ex Traub Pl. Life 28: 64. 1972
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 253. Mentioned on page 229.

Bulbs usually solitary, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.4 cm; outer coats enclosing single bulb, reddish-brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows proximal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats pale-brown to white or pink, 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 × 0.5–1.5 mm. Scape persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 15–35 cm × 1–2.5 mm. Umbel persistent, erect, compact, 10–35-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 5–7-veined, lanceolate to ovate, ± equal, apex abruptly acuminate. Flowers campanulate, 6–8 mm; tepals erect, white with greenish midveins, becoming deep pink to red in fruit, ovate to nearly round, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire to finely denticulate, apex obtuse (rarely acute), shallowly emarginate; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire, apex emarginate; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved; pedicel spreading, straight, 7–12 mm, becoming rigid and ± reflexed in fruit. Seed-coat dull; cells minutely roughened. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–mid May.
Habitat: Clay soil on grassy slopes
Elevation: 400–900 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Allium munzii"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
obtuse +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
(Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Allium fimbriatum var. munzii +
straight +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1cm +  and 1.5cm +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +
400–900 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Clay soil on grassy slopes +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
pale-brown +  and white or pink +
persistent +
slender +
entire +  and finely denticulate +
crested +
many;several +
reflexed +  and spreading +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Apr–mid May. +
triangular +
proximal +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
15cm +  and 35cm +
1mm +  and 2.5mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
Illustrated +, Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium munzii +
species +
persisting +
distinct +
ovate +  and nearly round +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
10-35-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +