Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum

Endemic
Synonyms: Allium pictum Moldenke Allium triflorum Rafinesque Ophioscorodon tricoccum (Solander) Wallroth Validallium tricoccum (Solander) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 234.

Bulbs mostly 4–6 × 1.5–3 cm. Leaf-blade (3–) 5–9 cm wide, evidently petiolate, sheaths and petioles commonly anthocyanous. Scape (12–) 25–35 cm. Umbel (15–) 30–50-flowered; spathe bracts 2–3 cm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Moist ground in rich woods, depressions, streamside bluffs, and colluvial slopes
Elevation: 0–1400 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

white +  and light yellow +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
obtuse +  and acute +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
Solander +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
straight +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
tapering +, elliptic +  and elliptic-lanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
4cm +  and 6cm +
2 +  and 6 +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
brownish;grayish +
roughened +  and smooth +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–1400 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
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 +
Moist ground in rich woods, depressions, streamside bluffs, and colluvial slopes +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
ephemeral +
gray +  and brown +
crested;3-lobed +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
in W. Aiton, Hort. Kew +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
flexuous +
persistent +
10cm +  and 40cm +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
2mm +  and 4mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
adnate +  and free +
epipetalous +
1 +  and several +
Allium pictum +, Allium triflorum +, Ophioscorodon tricoccum +  and Validallium tricoccum +
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum +
Allium tricoccum +
variety +
white;cream or yellowish +
persisting +
distinct +
not withering +
oblong +  and ovate +
equaling +  and equal +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
(15-)30-50-flowered +
persistent +
obconic;more or less hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +