Allium obtusum var. obtusum

Endemic
Synonyms: Allium ambiguum M. E. Jones
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 270. Mentioned on page 269.

Leaves 1–2; blade 5–18 cm × 0.5–4 mm. Scape 2–6.5 cm. Umbel 6–20-flowered. Flowers 4–7 (–9) mm; tepals white with prominent, dark purplish midveins, oblongelliptic, apex obtuse; pedicel 2–7 (–11) mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Granitic sands
Elevation: 1500–3500 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 +
Lemmon +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
falcate +, channeled +  and flat +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 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 +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1500–3500 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Granitic sands +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
deciduous +
dark purplish +
gray +  and brown +
elongate +, rectangular +, polygonal +  and quadrate +
crested +
many;several +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
spreading +  and erect +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering May–Jun. +
obscure +  and more or less prominent +
deciduous +
2cm +  and 17cm +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
0.5mm +  and 2mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium ambiguum +
Allium obtusum var. obtusum +
Allium obtusum +
variety +
persisting +
distinct +
oblongelliptic +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
6-20-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +