Allium tolmiei var. persimile

Ownbey

Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 18: 29, fig. 13. 1950.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 272. Mentioned on page 271, 273.

Bulbs never rhizomatous, ovoid. Leaves usually persistent; blade 10–40 cm. Scape usually persistent, not strongly flattened or winged, 10–40 cm. Umbel 10–50-flowered; spathe bracts 2–3. Flowers 8–10 mm; tepals erect, apex acute; stamens ± equaling tepals or exserted; ovary crestless; pedicel 8–20 mm. 2n = 42.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Rocky, gravelly, or clay soils
Elevation: 700–800 m

Discussion

Allium tolmiei var. persimile is known only from the southern end of the Seven Devils Mountains.

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 +
Ownbey +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
falcate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
rhizomatous +
1 +  and 10 +
not visible +  and obscure +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +
700–800 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +  and more or less stellate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Rocky, gravelly, or clay soils +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
white +  and pink +
persistent +
gray +  and brown +
crested +
many;several +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
oblique +  and ovoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
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 Apr–Jul. +
low +  and central +
6 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
triangular +  and rounded +
Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. +
lacking +  and 1 +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
5cm +  and 40cm +
flattened +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
1mm +  and 5mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
lobed +, unlobed +  and capitate +
Allium tolmiei var. persimile +
Allium tolmiei +
variety +
persisting +
distinct +
carinate +  and lanceolate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
10-50-flowered +
persistent +
globose;hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +