Allium fimbriatum var. mohavense

Jepson

Fl. Calif. 1: 273. 1921.

Endemic
Synonyms: Allium fimbriatum subsp. mohavense (Jepson) Traub & Ownbey Allium mohavense
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 254.

Scape 10–25 cm × 1–2 mm. Umbel 12–60-flowered. Flowers: tepals white to pink or pale lavender with darker midvein, apex not spreading or recurved at tip; ovarian crest process margins laciniate, usually with additional protuberances on ovary surface at crest bases. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Sandy or rocky soils on open slopes and flats
Elevation: 800–1400 m

Discussion

Populations of Allium fimbriatum var. mohavense from the north base of the San Bernardino Mountains intergrade with the typical variety and are placed here provisionally.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
recurved +  and not spreading +
acute +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
Jepson +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1cm +  and 1.7cm +
1 +  and 3 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +
800–1400 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Sandy or rocky soils on open slopes and flats +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
pale-brown +  and white +
persistent +
slender +
denticulate +  and laciniate +
gray +  and brown +
crested +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Apr–May. +
triangular +
lacking +  and 1 +
proximal +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
10cm +  and 25cm +
1mm +  and 2mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium fimbriatum subsp. mohavense +  and Allium mohavense +
Allium fimbriatum var. mohavense +
Allium fimbriatum +
variety +
white;pink or pale lavender +
persisting +
distinct +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
less rigid +  and papery +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
12-60-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +