Allium obtusum var. conspicuum

Mortola & McNeal

Aliso 11: 33, fig. 7. 1985.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 270. Mentioned on page 269.

Leaves 1; blade 9–22 cm × 2–14 mm. Scape 2.5–17 cm. Umbel 10–65-flowered. Flowers 4–11.5 mm; tepals pink with dark purple or greenish purple midveins, lanceolate, apex acute; pedicel 3–14 (–20) mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Granitic sands
Elevation: 800–3000 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

purple +  and yellow +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
Mortola & McNeal +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
falcate +, channeled +  and flat +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1cm +  and 2cm +
1 +  and 5 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +
membranous +
800–3000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.15 cm11.5 mm <br />0.0115 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Granitic sands +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
deciduous +
dark purplish +
greenish purple +  and dark purple +
gray +  and brown +
elongate +, rectangular +, polygonal +  and quadrate +
crested +
many;several +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering May–Jun. +
obscure +  and more or less prominent +
deciduous +
2cm +  and 17cm +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
0.5mm +  and 2mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium obtusum var. conspicuum +
Allium obtusum +
variety +
persisting +
distinct +
lanceolate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
10-65-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +