Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Allium anceps var. aberrans (Baker) Traub Allium cusickii S. Watson Allium douglasii var. tolmiei (Tidestrom) Ownbey Allium idahoense Tidestrom Allium platyphyllum S. Watson Allium pleianthum Allium tolmiei var. platyphyllum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 272. Mentioned on page 271.

Bulbs ovoid, not rhizomatous or oblique, forming 1–2 short rhizomes terminated by new bulbs. Leaves forming abcission layer at soil level, deciduous with scape after seeds mature or frequently breaking at that level after pressing; blade 10–35 cm. Scape deciduous, strongly flattened, winged, 5–28 cm. Umbel 10–40-flowered; spathe bracts 2. Flowers 6–12 mm; tepals erect to ± spreading, apex acute to acuminate; stamens included, 1/2–3/4 tepals; ovary crestless or obscurely to prominently crested; processes 3 or 6; pedicel 5–25 mm. 2n = 14, 28.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Rocky, gravelly, or clay soils, mountains and scablands
Elevation: 400–2800 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

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 +
acute +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
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 /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
not rhizomatous +
1 +  and 10 +
not visible +  and obscure +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
400–2800 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +  and more or less stellate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Rocky, gravelly, or clay soils, mountains and scablands +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
white +  and pink +
deciduous +
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 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
low +  and central +
6 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
triangular +  and rounded +
lacking +  and 1 +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
2 +  and 3 +
deciduous +
5cm +  and 40cm +
flattened +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (28 cm280 mm <br />0.28 m <br />) +
1mm +  and 5mm +
wind-distributed +
frequently +  and mature +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
1/2 +  and 3/4 +
1 +  and several +
lobed +, unlobed +  and capitate +
Allium anceps var. aberrans +, Allium cusickii +, Allium douglasii var. tolmiei +, Allium idahoense +, Allium platyphyllum +, Allium pleianthum +  and Allium tolmiei var. platyphyllum +
Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei +
Allium tolmiei +
variety +
persisting +
distinct +
erect +  and more or less spreading +
carinate +  and lanceolate +
equaling +  and equal +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
10-40-flowered +
persistent +
globose;hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +