Allium parishii

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 380. 1882.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 249. Mentioned on page 229.

Bulbs 1–2, not clustered on primary rhizome, without stalked basal increase bulbs, ovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.3 cm; outer coats enclosing bulbs, brown to reddish-brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows distal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers; inner coats pinkish to reddish-brown, cells obscure, ± rectangular, vertically elongate. Leaves persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil level; blade solid, terete, 5–30 cm × 1–3 mm. Scape persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 5–25 cm × 1–3 mm. Umbel persistent, erect, compact, 6–15-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 5–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. Flowers narrowly campanulate, 12–18 mm; tepals erect, spreading at tips, pale-pink with darker midveins, lanceolate to lance-linear, ± equal, inner slightly shorter and narrower than outer, margins entire, apex acute, becoming rigid in fruit; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crested; processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire to irregularly denticulate; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, minutely 3-lobed, lobes stout, ± spreading; pedicel 5–15 mm. Seed-coat dull or shining; cells minutely roughened. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Rocky, sandy desert slopes
Elevation: 900–1400 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Allium parishii"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
acute +  and acuminate +
Dale W. McNeal Jr. +  and T. D. Jacobsen +
S. Watson +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
straight +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
1;several +
1cm +  and 1.5cm +
1 +  and 2 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
roughened +  and smooth +
elongate +, rectangular +  and quadrate +
Ariz. +  and Calif. +
900–1400 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
campanulate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Rocky, sandy desert slopes +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
pinkish +  and reddish-brown +
slightly shorter and narrower +
persistent +
entire +  and irregularly denticulate +
brown +  and reddish-brown +
crested +
many;several +
spreading +  and erect +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
membranous +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering Apr–May. +
triangular +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
2 +  and 3 +
persistent +
5cm +  and 25cm +
1mm +  and 3mm +
shining +  and dull +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
obovoid +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
Allium parishii +
species +
persisting +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
6-15-flowered +
persistent +
hemispheric +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +