Allium lacunosum var. kernensis

McNeal & Ownbey

Madroño 29: 83. 1982.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 260.

Leaf-blade ± terete, straight, equaling or shorter than scape, 0.5–1 mm wide. Scape 15–25 cm. Umbel compact, 10–45-flowered; spathe bracts 2, apex acuminate. Flowers 6–7 (–8) mm; tepals white or pale-pink, often with green or deep pink midveins; pedicel 5–14 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Rocky, sandy, or clay soils
Elevation: 800–1300 m

Discussion

Allium lacunosum var. kernensis is known only from the southern Sierra Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
McNeal & Ownbey +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
falcate +, carinate +, channeled +, subterete +  and flattened +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1cm +  and 2cm +
1 +  and 3 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
quadrate +, elongate +, polygonal +  and square +
800–1300 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Rocky, sandy, or clay soils +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
white +  and light-brown +
persistent +
pink +, deep +  and green +
crested;3-lobed +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Apr–May. +
prolonged +
persistent +
10cm +  and 35cm +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
1mm +  and 4mm +
shining +  and dull +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium lacunosum var. kernensis +
Allium lacunosum +
variety +
pale-pink;white +
persisting +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
lanceovate +  and ovate +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
10-45-flowered +
persistent +
sinuous +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +