Allium perdulce var. sperryi

Ownbey

Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 18: 202. 1951.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 241.

Bulbs 1.5–2.5 × 1.6–2.8 cm. Leaf-blade 1–3 mm wide. Tepals white or pale-pink with deep pink midveins, aging to pink. Pedicel 10–17 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Rocky margins entire, apex obtuse or acute, slopes and plains
Elevation: 700–1500 m

Discussion

Allium perdulce var. sperryi is a well-marked, polyploiid, geographic variant. Although both varieties of the species reach the same extremes of size, var. sperryi is, on average, considerably taller and stouter than var. perdulce. It also tends to have a larger number of flowers and longer pedicels. Distributions of the two varieties do not overlap.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

purple +  and yellow +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
acute +, obtuse +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
Ownbey +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
straight +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
channeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1.5cm +  and 2.5cm +
2 +  and 20 +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
dark-brown +
roughened +  and smooth +
elongate +
700–1500 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
urceolate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Rocky margins entire, apex obtuse or acute, slopes and plains +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
open +  and coarse-meshed +
gray +  and brown +
crested;3-lobed +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
2 times perianth +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. +
persistent +
10cm +  and 20cm +
1mm +  and 3mm +
shining +  and dull +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
lobed +, unlobed +  and capitate +
Allium perdulce var. sperryi +
Allium perdulce +
variety +
pink;pale-pink;white +
persisting +
distinct +
callous-keeled +  and lanceolate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
5-25-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric-globose +
not sinuous +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +