Allium paniculatum var. paniculatum

Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 244. Mentioned on page 228.
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Bulbs 1–8, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, increase bulbs absent or ± equaling parent bulbs, never appearing as basal cluster, rhizomes lacking, ovoid, 1–1.5 × 1–1.5 cm; outer coats enclosing renewal bulbs, dark-brown, membranous, very obscurely reticulate, cells rectangular, vertically elongate, without fibers, meshes delicate; inner coats white to light-brown, cells rectangular, vertically elongate. Leaves persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 3–5, sheathing proximal 1/3–1/2 scape; blade solid, terete to semiterete, channeled, 5–35 cm × 1–5 mm, margins entire. Scape persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 30–70 cm × 1–3 (–4) mm. Umbel persistent, erect, loose, 25–100-flowered, globose to ovate, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 4–9-veined or veins not visible, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, unequal, longer bract 5–14 cm, greatly exceeding pedicels, apex contracted into appendage, appendage terete, 5–14 cm. Flowers campanulate, 5–7 mm; tepals erect, white to lilac pink, ovate, ± equal, becoming papery and withering in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse; stamens included to slightly exserted; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crestless; style exserted, linear; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened; pedicel unequal, 10–45 mm. Seed-coat not known.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., Europe

Discussion

Allium paniculatum var. paniculatum is naturalized around San Francisco Bay and elsewhere in northern California. It is native to Europe and is potentially a noxious weed.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
Linnaeus +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
channeled +, terete +  and semiterete +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1 +  and 8 +
roughened +  and smooth +
elongate +  and rectangular +
Calif. +  and Europe +
0–50 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Disturbed areas +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
white +  and light-brown +
persistent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
crested;3-lobed +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
Syst. Nat., ed. +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
persistent +
30cm +  and 70cm +
1mm +  and 3mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
W2 +  and Introduced +
adnate +  and free +
included +  and slightly exserted +
1 +  and several +
capitate +  and more or less 3-lobed +
Allium paniculatum var. paniculatum +
Allium paniculatum +
variety +
white;lilac pink +
persisting +
distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
25-100-flowered +
persistent +
globose;ovate +
not visible +
ovate;narrowly lanceolate +
unequal +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +