Allium peninsulare var. franciscanum

McNeal & Ownbey

Phytologia 73: 319. 1992.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26.

Leaf-blade ± arcuate. Flowers 8–12 mm; stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed or minutely 3-lobed; pedicel 8–20 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Clay soil on dry hillsides
Elevation: 50–300 m

Discussion

Allium peninsulare var. franciscanum is found around San Francisco Bay to the north and west and does not overlap var. peninsulare in its distribution. It is morphologically intermediate between the typical variety and A. dichlamydeum, which it likewise does not overlap in distribution.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
short-acuminate +, acute +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
McNeal & Ownbey +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight to arcuate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
channeled +  and subterete +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
0.6cm +  and 1cm +
1 +  and 5 +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
brown;gray-brown +
not visible +
roughened +  and smooth +
elongate +
membranous +
50–300 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Clay soil on dry hillsides +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
crisped +  and denticulate +
persistent +
gray +  and brown +
v--shaped +  and elongate +
longer and wider +
crested +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering May–Jun. +
persistent +
12cm +  and 45cm +
1mm +  and 3mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
3-lobed +  and unlobed +
Allium peninsulare var. franciscanum +
Allium peninsulare +
variety +
reddish purple +
persisting +
distinct +
lanceolate +  and elliptic +
unequal +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
5-35-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric;conic +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +