Allium paniculatum var. paniculatum

Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 244. Mentioned on page 228.

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 +