Allium geyeri var. tenerum

M. E. Jones

Contr. W. Bot. 10: 28, fig. 55. 1902.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Allium arenicola Osterhout 1900 Allium fibrosum Rydberg 1897
Synonyms: Allium geyeri var. graniferum Henderson Allium rubrum J. F. Macbride Allium rydbergii Osterhout Allium sabulicola
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 237. Mentioned on page 235.

Umbel 0–5-flowered, flowers mostly replaced by ovoid, acuminate bulbils; bulbils sessile or stalk less than 1 mm. Flowers: tepals white to pink; flowering pedicel, if present, 8–13 mm. Seeds rarely produced. 2n = 28, 35, 42.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Meadows and along streams
Elevation: 0–3100 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

42 +, 35 +  and 28 +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
obtuse +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
M. E. Jones +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Allium arenicola +  and Allium fibrosum +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
straight +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
channeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
not rhizomatous +
1cm +  and 2.5cm +
2 +  and 10 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
acuminate +  and ovoid +
brown;gray +
roughened +  and smooth +
elongate +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
0–3100 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
urceolate-campanulate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Meadows and along streams +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
toothed +, denticulate +  and entire +
papillose +
callous-keeled +
open +  and coarse-meshed +
gray +  and brown +
crested +
many;several +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering May–Sep. +
connate +  and distinct +
low +  and central +
Contr. W. Bot. +
persistent +
10cm +  and 50cm +
2-angled +  and terete +
1mm +  and 3mm +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
lobed +, unlobed +  and capitate +
Allium geyeri var. graniferum +, Allium rubrum +, Allium rydbergii +  and Allium sabulicola +
Allium geyeri var. tenerum +
Allium geyeri +
variety +
persisting +
distinct +
withering +  and not withering +
spreading +  and erect +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
0-5-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric;globose +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +