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Leaf blade flat, 15–90 mm wide, (tapering to base or distinctly petiolate). |
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Leaf blade flat, channeled, or ± terete, never more than 30 mm wide, (never petiolate). |
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2 (1) |
Leaves ephemeral, usually absent at anthesis; e North America. |
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1 Allium tricoccum |
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Leaves present at anthesis; Attu and Unalaska islands, Alaska. |
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2 Allium victorialis |
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Flowering pedicels mostly or completely replaced by bulbils. |
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Flowering pedicels floriferous, bulbils almost unknown. |
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4 (3) |
Outer bulb coats persisting as fibrous reticulum; leaf sheaths not extending more than 1/4 scape; spathe bract beakless or beak much shorter than base. |
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Outer bulb coats membranous, if with fibers these not forming reticulum; leaf sheaths extending to midscape or above; spathe bract with beak equaling or longer than base. |
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5 (4) |
Ovary, when present, crestless; spathe bracts 3–7-veined; east of 103rd meridian. |
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3 Allium canadense |
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Ovary, when present, obscurely crested with 6, low, central processes; spathe bracts 1-veined; west of 105th meridian. |
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4 Allium geyeri |
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6 (4) |
Spathe bract 1, caducous. |
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Spathe bracts 2–5, persistent. |
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7 (6) |
Bulbs 1–2 cm diam.; leaf blade 2–4 mm diam., cylindric or filiform, not carinate, hollow below middle. |
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5 Allium vineale |
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Bulbs (1.5–)3–8 cm diam.; leaf blade 5–20 mm wide, flat, carinate, solid. |
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8 (6) |
Spathe bracts 2–5, 4–9-veined, beak to 20 cm. |
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7 Allium oleraceum |
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Spathe bracts 3–5, 2–3-veined, beak to 10 cm. |
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8 Allium ampeloprasum |
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9 (3) |
Outer bulb coats persisting as fibrous reticulum. |
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(10) |
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Outer bulb coats membranous to chartaceous, with or without distinct cellular markings (reticulation); without fibers or with some parallel fibers. |
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10 (9) |
Ovary usually crestless; if obscurely crested, with 3 or 6 processes; east of 103rd meridian. |
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Ovary usually crested with 3 or 6 processes; if crestless, from west of 105th meridian. |
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11 (10) |
Spathe bracts usually 1-veined. |
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(12) |
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Spathe bracts 3–7-veined. |
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(13) |
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12 (11) |
Spaces between bulb coat fibers filled in proximal 1/2 bulb; tepals white, pink, or red, rarely greenish yellow; central plains from n Mexico to Nebraska. |
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9 Allium drummondii |
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Spaces between bulb coat fibers open; tepals yellow; w Texas. |
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10 Allium coryi |
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13 (11) |
Umbel compact; pedicels much shorter than flowers. |
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11 Allium schoenoprasum |
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Umbel loose; pedicels longer than flowers. |
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14 (13) |
Flowers substellate to urceolate-campanulate, ultimately withering somewhat and exposing capsule; reticula of bulbs finely or only moderately coarsely meshed. |
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(15) |
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Flowers urceolate, permanently investing capsule; reticula of bulbs usually very coarsely meshed. |
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(16) |
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15 (14) |
Bulbs 1–3, narrowly cylindric, attached to ± horizontal primary rhizome, often missing or not visible on herbarium specimens; leaf blade carinate; cells of seed coat smooth, shiny; occasional introduction. |
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12 Allium tuberosum |
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Bulbs 1–4+, ovoid, not attached to rhizome; leaf blades not carinate, channeled; cells of seed coat each with minute, central papilla; native east of 103rd meridian. |
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3 Allium canadense |
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16 (14) |
Flowering bulbs with cluster of stalked, basal bulbels; cells of innermost bulb coats contorted, with sinuous walls; extreme s Texas. |
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13 Allium runyonii |
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Flowering bulbs without basal bulbels; cells of innermost bulb coats vertically elongate, without sinuous walls; w Texas and e New Mexico to c South Dakota. |
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14 Allium perdulce |
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17 (10) |
Ovary and capsule conspicuously crested with 6 contorted or horizontally spreading, ± lateral processes; tepals widely spreading to reflexed, se United States. |
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(18) |
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Ovary crested with 6 ± erect, often obscure central processes; tepals erect to widely spreading; w North America. |
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18 (17) |
Spathe bracts usually 5–7-veined; ovary crests conspicuously contorted; tepals spreading to reflexed. |
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15 Allium cuthbertii |
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Spathe bracts 1-veined; ovary crests flattened, horizontally spreading, not contorted; tepals widely spreading. |
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16 Allium speculae |
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19 (17) |
Leaves 3+ per scape; cells of seed coat each with minute, central papilla. |
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(20) |
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Leaves usually 2 per scape; cells of seed coat ± smooth, with or without central papillae. |
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20 (19) |
Bulbs often short-rhizomatous basally; spathe bracts 3–5-veined; ovary conspicuously crested with 6 flattened, lacerate central processes; tepals spreading or reflexed, withering in fruit, not investing capsule. |
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17 Allium plummerae |
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Bulbs not short-rhizomatous; spathe bracts usually 1-veined; ovary obscurely crested with 6 rounded central processes; tepals erect, not withering in fruit, permanently investing capsule. |
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21 (20) |
Leaf blade flat, ± falcate, usually 3–6 mm wide; Box Elder County, Utah. |
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18 Allium passeyi |
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Leaf blade channeled, ± straight, usually less than 5 mm wide; widespread, n Great Plains and w North America. |
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4 Allium geyeri |
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22 (19) |
Spathe bracts 3–5-veined; tepals becoming papery in fruit, midrib scarcely thickened, not investing capsule; ovary usually conspicuously crested with 6 flattened central processes, often to 2 mm. |
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19 Allium macropetalum |
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Spathe bracts 1-veined; tepals becoming callous-keeled, permanently investing capsule; ovary inconspicuously crested with 6 rounded central processes, to 1 mm. |
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23 (22) |
Leaf blade flat, ± falcate, usually 3–6 mm wide; cells of seed coat with minute central papilla; Box Elder County, Utah. |
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18 Allium passeyi |
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Leaf blade semiterete, channeled, ± straight, usually 1–3(–5) mm wide; cells of seed coat smooth; n Great Plains and w North America. |
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20 Allium textile |
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24 (9) |
Scape fistulose, 3–25 mm diam., not flattened and winged; leaves 2–10, blade flat and solid, or fistulose. |
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Scape solid, exceeding 5 mm wide only if flattened and winged; leaves 1–several, leaf blade solid. |
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(29) |
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25 (24) |
Leaf blade flat, solid. |
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(26) |
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Leaf blade fistulose. |
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26 (25) |
Leaves not or scarcely sheathing base of scape. |
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21 Allium nigrum |
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Leaves sheathing 1/3–1/2 scape. |
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8 Allium ampeloprasum |
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27 (25) |
Bulbs 1–3, to 10 cm diam., ± globose, not rhizomatous; leaf blade semicircular in cross section; occasional escape from cultivation. |
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22 Allium cepa |
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Bulbs 1–2, 5 cm diam., cylindric, clustered on short rhizome (this often missing or not visible on herbarium specimens); leaf blade circular in cross section; native or introduced. |
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28 (27) |
Flowers 8–18 mm; tepals lilac to pale purple; native or introduced. |
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11 Allium schoenoprasum |
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Flowers 6–9 mm; tepals pale yellowish white; introduced. |
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23 Allium fistulosum |
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29 (24) |
Leaves (3–)5–40 mm wide, basal sheaths extending 1/3–1/2 scape. |
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(30) |
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Leaves 1–25 mm wide, basal sheaths never extending much above soil level. |
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30 (29) |
Filaments unappendaged; leaf blade terete to semiterete; bulbels, if present, light brown. |
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24 Allium paniculatum |
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Inner filaments appendaged with prominent tooth on each side of anther; leaf blade flat, channeled; bulbels very dark purple. |
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25 Allium rotundum |
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31 (29) |
Bulbs oblong, elongate, or ovoid, clustered on stout, primary rhizome, or short-rhizomatous; bulb coats membranous or chartaceous, finely striate with narrow, vertically elongate cells. |
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Bulbs ovoid to subglobose, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome; rhizomes, if present, secondary, arising from bulbs, ± slender, terminated by new bulbs; bulb coats without reticulation or with ± isodiametric or transversely elongate cells that are sometimes intricately contorted. |
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32 (31) |
Bulbs on stout, iris-like rhizome; ovary crestless. |
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Bulbs short-rhizomatous at base, rhizome not stout and iris-like; ovary strongly crested with 6 processes. |
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33 (32) |
Tepals elliptic, apex obtuse; stamens ± equaling tepals; ec Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, and Santa Catalina Mountains, s Arizona. |
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26 Allium gooddingii |
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Tepals narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, apex acuminate; stamens much shorter than tepals or definitely exserted; widespread in w North America, not occurring in Arizona. |
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34 (33) |
Stamens and style exserted; stigma capitate; Cascades and Sierras e to ne Nevada, e Oregon, w Idaho. |
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27 Allium validum |
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Stamens and style ca. 1/2 tepals; stigma 3-lobed; Rocky Mountains from c Montana and ne Idaho to Wyoming, ne Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. |
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28 Allium brevistylum |
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35 (32) |
Stamens and styles included; outer bulb coats ± reddish brown, inner coats deep red to white; ovary crested with 6 short, rounded, densely papillose processes. |
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29 Allium haematochiton |
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Stamens and styles exserted; outer bulb coats gray or brown, inner coats white to pink or reddish; ovary crested with 6 flattened, ± triangular processes, margins entire or toothed. |
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36 (35) |
Flowers campanulate; tepals ± erect; scape nodding. |
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30 Allium cernuum |
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Flowers stellate; tepals spreading; scape erect, or, if nodding at anthesis, becoming erect. |
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31 Allium stellatum |
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37 (31) |
Leaf 1 per scape; leaf blade terete; ovary prominently crested with 6 ± triangular processes. |
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Leaves usually 2 or more, if 1, blade flattened or broadly channeled; ovary crestless or variously crested. |
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38 (37) |
Stigma unlobed or minutely 3-lobed, lobes ± stout, erect or spreading. |
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Stigma distinctly 3-lobed, lobes often slender and recurved. |
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39 (38) |
Scape 18–60 cm; flowers 5–9 mm; tepals unequal, inner whorl 1/4–1/3 longer than outer, margins entire or irregular to erose; stamens exserted. |
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32 Allium sanbornii |
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Scape less than 25 cm; flowers 7–20 mm; tepals ± equal, margins entire; stamens included. |
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40 (39) |
Outer bulb coat reticulate with ± elongate, contorted meshes. |
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33 Allium nevadense |
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Outer bulb coat lacking reticulation, or meshes very indistinct, square or polygonal. |
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41 (40) |
Pedicels slender, longer than flowers; flowers 8–12 mm. |
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34 Allium atrorubens |
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Pedicels stout, generally shorter than flowers; flowers 12–20 mm. |
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42 (41) |
Tepals lanceolate to lance-linear, apex acute; lacking stalked, basal increase bulbs; rocky, sandy desert slopes, s California to w Arizona. |
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35 Allium parishii |
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Tepals lance-linear to lanceolate, apex long-acuminate; with 1–2 stalked basal increase bulbs; alpine ridges and talus, s California mountains. |
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36 Allium monticola |
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43 (38) |
Stamens equaling tepals or exserted. |
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Stamens included. |
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44 (43) |
Tepals unequal, inner 1/3–1/2 longer than outer. |
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32 Allium sanbornii |
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Tepals ± equal. |
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37 Allium howellii |
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45 (43) |
Tepal (at least inner whorl) margins denticulate to erose. |
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Tepal margins all ± entire. |
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46 (45) |
Scape 25–40 cm. |
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38 Allium jepsonii |
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Scape 5–20 cm. |
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47 (46) |
Outer bulb coats reddish brown; tepals erect, ± straight at tip; inner whorl margins denticulate. |
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39 Allium denticulatum |
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Outer bulb coats brown to gray; tepals erect, ± spreading-reflexed at tip; inner whorl margins denticulate to erose. |
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40 Allium abramsii |
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48 (45) |
Margins of ovarian crest processes entire or notched at tip, outer margins sometimes irregular but never dentate or laciniate. |
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Margins of ovarian crest processes dentate to laciniate. |
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49 (48) |
Flowers 10–18 mm; tepals maroon or deep reddish purple. |
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Flowers 6–9 mm; tepals white to pink, darkening in age. |
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50 (49) |
Tepals deep reddish purple, all reflexed at tip; Mount Hamilton Range, c California. |
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41 Allium sharsmithiae |
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Tepals maroon, outer curled back at tip, inner reflexed; Spanish Needle Peak, s Sierra Nevada, and Horse Canyon, Tehachapi Mountains, California. |
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42 Allium shevockii |
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51 (49) |
Inflorescence loose; pedicels flexuous in fruit; tepals lanceolate to lance-ovate, apex acuminate. |
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43 Allium parryi |
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Inflorescence compact; pedicels straight; tepals ovate to nearly round, apex obtuse (rarely acute) to shallowly emarginate. |
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44 Allium munzii |
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52 (48) |
Tepals deep reddish purple, erect, usually conspicuously recurved at tip. |
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45 Allium fimbriatum |
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Tepals white or flushed to pale lavender with darker midveins, spreading or erect, not conspicuously recurved at tip. |
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53 (52) |
Flowers usually 6–12 mm. |
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45 Allium fimbriatum |
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Flowers usually 6–8(–10) mm. |
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54 (53) |
Scape 25–50 cm; tepals spreading from base; serpentine soil, Rawhide Hill and Red Hills, foothills of Sierra Nevada, c California. |
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46 Allium tuolumnense |
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Scape 7–20(–30) cm; tepals erect; serpentine clay soils, s Coast Ranges and w Transverse Ranges, California. |
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47 Allium diabolense |
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55 (37) |
Bulbs generally with numerous increase bulbs, these much smaller than parent bulb, enclosed by bulb coats, in basal cluster or on threadlike rhizomes to 10 cm. |
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Increase bulbs absent or 1–4, ± equaling parent bulbs, enclosed by parental bulb coats, never appearing as basal cluster, not rhizomatous or rhizomes 2+ mm thick (not threadlike). |
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56 (55) |
Ovary crestless or obscurely crested with 3 low central processes. |
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Ovary prominently crested with 6 triangular central processes, margins finely papillose or denticulate. |
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57 (56) |
Larger bulbs each with cluster of bulbels surrounding roots; s Texas. |
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48 Allium elmendorfii |
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Larger bulbs each with cluster of small, basal bulbels on one side; ne Oregon and wc Idaho. |
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49 Allium madidum |
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58 (56) |
Leaves usually beginning to wither from tip by anthesis; tepals rigid (not papery), ± shiny in fruit, strongly involute at tip, carinate. |
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50 Allium campanulatum |
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Leaves usually green at anthesis; tepals papery (not rigid and shiny) in fruit, not strongly involute, not carinate. |
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59 (58) |
Tepals ovate to elliptic, apex acute to acuminate; foothills of Sierra Nevada, n, c California. |
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51 Allium membranaceum |
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Tepals lanceolate, apex acuminate; Sierra Nevada, California, and intermountain region n to Oregon, Idaho. |
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52 Allium bisceptrum |
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60 (55) |
Leaf blade channeled to subterete, if flat, not falcate. |
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Leaf blade flat or broadly channeled, if flat, ± falcate. |
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61 (60) |
Bulb coats lacking reticulation or reticulum delicate, very obscure under hand lens. |
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Bulb coats obviously reticulate with prominent meshes under hand lens. |
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62 (61) |
Bulbs ovoid to subglobose; rhizomes absent, renewal bulbs formed within coats of parent bulb; native or introduced. |
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Bulbs oblique or oblique-ovoid, renewal bulbs borne terminally on rhizomes outside coats of parent bulbs; native. |
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63 (62) |
Scape terete throughout, 1–3 mm diam.; leaf blade 1–3 mm wide; native to w Texas to se Arizona. |
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53 Allium kunthii |
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Scape triquetrous, 2-edged or slightly winged proximally, if terete only proximally so, 1–10 mm wide; introduced in California and Oregon near the Pacific coast. |
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64 (63) |
Umbel erect, ± hemispheric; flowers ± erect; tepals broadly elliptic, apex obtuse. |
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54 Allium neapolitanum |
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Umbel lax, ± 1-sided; flowers pendent; tepals lanceolate, apex acute. |
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55 Allium triquetrum |
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65 (62) |
Rhizomes conspicuous, 2 cm or more, including renewal bulbs. |
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Rhizomes inconspicuous, 2 cm or less, including renewal bulb. |
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66 (65) |
Rhizomes smooth, parent bulb disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and bulb coat; leaf blade broadly concave-convex or ± flattened, carinate; tepals obovate to ovate, apex acute to obtuse or emarginate; Coast Ranges, California, Oregon. |
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56 Allium unifolium |
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Rhizomes scaly, sometimes absent, often missing in herbarium specimens, parent bulb persisting after anthesis; leaf blade flat, not carinate; tepals lanceolate to oblong, apex acute to acuminate; trans- Pecos Texas to se Arizona. |
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57 Allium rhizomatum |
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67 (65) |
Tepals erect, red-purple, rarely pure white, at least inner tepal margins serrulate; nw California, sw Oregon. |
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58 Allium bolanderi |
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Tepals ± spreading, white to pale pink, margins entire; w Texas to se Arizona. |
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53 Allium kunthii |
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68 (61) |
Cells of outer bulb coat square or polygonal. |
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Cells of bulb coat transversely elongate, V-shaped, arranged in ± vertical rows, forming herringbone pattern, or ± contorted. |
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69 (68) |
Ovary with 6 prominent, flat, ± triangular crest processes. |
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59 Allium bigelovii |
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Ovary with 3 or 6 minute, rounded crest processes, or crest obscure. |
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70 (69) |
Flowers 4–9 mm; tepals erect or spreading from base, margins entire. |
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60 Allium lacunosum |
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Flowers 8–16 mm; tepals spreading at tip, inner tepal margins denticulate. |
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71 (70) |
Bulb forming 1–3 renewal bulbs borne terminally on rhizomes outside coats of parent bulb; parent bulb disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and shriveled bulb coats; near Weller Butte, Blue Mountains, se Washington. |
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61 Allium dictuon |
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Bulbs not forming rhizomes, renewal bulbs formed within coats of parent bulb; widespread w of Rocky Mountains. |
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62 Allium acuminatum |
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72 (68) |
Cells of bulb coat in wavy, transverse rows, forming indistinct herringbone pattern or ± contorted; tepals spreading, ± equal. |
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Cells of bulb coat in sharply serrate, transverse rows, forming distinct herringbone pattern; tepals erect, inner shorter, narrower. |
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73 (72) |
Scape (3–)5–15(–17) cm; umbel persistent; tepals erect, not connivent over capsule in fruit. |
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63 Allium hickmanii |
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Scape 15–60 cm; umbel shattering, each flower with its pedicel falling as unit; tepals connivent over capsule in fruit. |
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74 (73) |
Ovary crested with 6 ± rectangular lateral processes; umbel compact; pedicel 0.7–2 times perianth. |
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64 Allium amplectens |
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Ovary crestless or crested with 3 minute, 2-lobed central processes; umbel loose; pedicel 1.5–4 times perianth. |
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75 (74) |
Leaf blade to 10 mm wide, channeled or flattened, carinate; inner bulb coats white; tepals becoming papery (not hyaline) after anthesis. |
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65 Allium praecox |
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Leaf blade 1–3 mm wide, channeled or subterete, not carinate; inner bulb coats light yellow or white; tepals becoming hyaline (not papery) after anthesis. |
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66 Allium hyalinum |
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76 (72) |
Tepals connivent over capsule in fruit, not rigid; umbel shattering in fruit, each flower with its pedicel falling as a unit. |
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67 Allium serra |
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Tepals not connivent over capsule, rigid in fruit; umbel persistent. |
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77 (76) |
Leaves 3–6, blade arcuate to tortuous; umbel compact; pedicels 5–20 mm; sea cliffs, n, c California. |
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68 Allium dichlamydeum |
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Leaves 2–3, blade straight to arcuate; umbel loose; pedicels 10–40 mm; not on sea cliffs, California Floristic Province, extending south in coastal ranges. |
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78 (77) |
Inner tepal margins denticulate, crisped. |
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69 Allium crispum |
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Inner tepal margins entire to denticulate, never crisped. |
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70 Allium peninsulare |
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79 (60) |
Scape and leaves persisting after seeds mature or on pressing, or only tardily deciduous. |
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Scape and leaves forming abcission layer at soil surface and deciduous when seeds mature, also frequently breaking at soil surface after pressing. |
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80 (79) |
Stamens much shorter than tepals. |
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Stamens equaling tepals or exserted. |
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81 (80) |
Bulb coat cellular-reticulate with elongate, ± obscure, intricately contorted cells (resembling Allium madidum, but never with cluster of basal bulbels). |
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71 Allium fibrillum |
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Bulb coat cellular-reticulate with ± narrowly hexagonal, transversely elongate cells. |
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72 Allium brandegeei |
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82 (80) |
Scape expanded proximal to inflorescence; leaf blade (2–)5–8 mm wide. |
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73 Allium columbianum |
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Scape thickest immediately proximal to inflorescence; leaf blade 1–5(–15) mm wide. |
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83 (82) |
Scape constricted just proximal to inflorescence, then expanded; leaf blade 1–3(–5) mm wide. |
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74 Allium constrictum |
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Scape not expanded proximal to inflorescence; leaf blade 2–5(–15) mm wide. |
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84 (83) |
Leaf blade usually more than 5 mm wide, flat; umbel 25–50-flowered; spathe bracts 3. |
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75 Allium douglasii |
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Leaf blade 2–3 mm wide, flat to channeled; umbel 10–30-flowered; spathe bracts 2. |
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85 (84) |
Bulb coat with quadrate to polygonal reticulations; leaf blade ± equaling scape. |
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76 Allium nevii |
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Bulb coat without reticulations or with 2–3 rows of ± quadrate cells just distal to roots; leaf blade exceeding scape. |
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77 Allium macrum |
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86 (79) |
Outer bulb coats cellular-reticulate throughout (often obscurely so in A. aaseae and A. simillimum). |
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(87) |
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Outer bulb coats not cellular-reticulate or with 2–3 rows of cells just distal to roots. |
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(93) |
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87 (86) |
Bulb coats obscurely cellular-reticulate with ± contorted cells; tepal margins denticulate to erose. |
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(88) |
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Bulb coats ± prominently cellular-reticulate; tepal margins entire. |
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88 (87) |
Tepals white with greenish or reddish veins, sometimes flushed pink; anthers purple or mottled purple and white; pollen white or gray. |
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78 Allium simillimum |
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Tepals bright pink, rarely white; anthers yellow; pollen yellow. |
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79 Allium aaseae |
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89 (87) |
Bulb coats reticulate, cells irregularly arranged, ± polygonal, rectangular, or transversely elongate, ± curved. |
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Bulb coats reticulate, cells arranged in ± regular vertical rows, narrowly hexagonal to rectangular, transversely elongate. |
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(91) |
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90 (89) |
Cells of bulb coat irregularly arranged, ± transversely elongate, curved; Tuolumne County, c California. |
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80 Allium tribracteatum |
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Cells of bulb coat irregularly arranged or in ± regular vertical rows, polygonal or ± rectangular; Sierra Nevada, California, and Nevada. |
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81 Allium obtusum |
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91 (89) |
Tepals linear-lanceolate. |
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82 Allium anceps |
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Tepals oblanceolate to ovate. |
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(92) |
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92 (91) |
Scape 3–10 cm; pedicel ± equaling perianth. |
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83 Allium punctum |
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Scape 15–20 cm; pedicel 2–3 times perianth. |
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84 Allium lemmonii |
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93 (86) |
Scape terete or ± compressed, not winged. |
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(94) |
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Scape flattened, 2-edged or usually winged distally. |
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(99) |
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94 (93) |
Stamens well included. |
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Stamens ± equaling tepals or exserted. |
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95 (94) |
Leaf blade strongly falcate; umbel mostly 5–10-flowered. |
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85 Allium parvum |
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Leaf blade linear or weakly falcate; umbel 20–30-flowered. |
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86 Allium cratericola |
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96 (94) |
Leaves 2 per scape. |
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Leaf 1 per scape. |
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(98) |
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97 (96) |
Leaf blade ± equaling to 2 times scape; wc Idaho. |
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87 Allium tolmiei |
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Leaf blade much longer than scape; c Sierra Nevada, California. |
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88 Allium yosemitense |
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98 (96) |
Filaments papillose proximally. |
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89 Allium hoffmanii |
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Filaments smooth proximally. |
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90 Allium burlewii |
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99 (93) |
Bulbs oblique or oblique-ovoid, renewal bulbs borne terminally on rhizomes outside coats of parent bulb; parent bulb disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and shriveled bulb coat. |
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Bulbs ovoid to subglobose, rhizomes absent, renewal bulbs formed within coats of parent bulb; parent bulbs persistent. |
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100 (99) |
Pedicel ± equaling perianth; ovary obscurely 3-crested; barren, bald summits w of Cascade Mountains from Vancouver Island to sw Oregon, also at Jefferson Park, Oregon, and in Wenatchee Mountains, c Washington. |
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91 Allium crenulatum |
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Pedicel 2–3 times perianth; ovary prominently 6-crested; mountains and scablands e of Cascade Mountains, Oregon. |
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87 Allium tolmiei |
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101 (99) |
Tepals narrowly lanceolate, apex long-acuminate; stamens exserted. |
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92 Allium platycaule |
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Tepals lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, apex obtuse to acuminate; stamens included. |
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102 (101) |
Flowers 9–15 mm; tepal apex long-acuminate, inner margins usually denticulate. |
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93 Allium falcifolium |
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Flowers 6–10(–12) mm; tepal apex obtuse to acute, or ± involute in age and appearing acuminate, inner margins denticulate or not. |
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103 (102) |
Inner bulb coats usually pink or red; inner tepal margins sometimes ± denticulate; Siskiyou Mountains of nw California and sw Oregon. |
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94 Allium siskiyouense |
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Inner bulb coats white; inner tepal margins entire; w United States, e of Sierra–Cascade axis. |
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104 (103) |
Tepals becoming rigid (not papery), carinate in fruit. |
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Tepals becoming papery (not rigid), not carinate in fruit. |
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105 (104) |
Tepals lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, ± erect in fruit, involute at tip; ovary obscurely to prominently crested with 3 or 6 processes. |
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87 Allium tolmiei |
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Tepals elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse, not involute at tip, connivent over ovary in fruit; ovary crestless or obscurely crested. |
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95 Allium scilloides |
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106 (104) |
Ovary distinctly crested with 3 or 6 low processes; sand and gravel deposits, along Columbia River from Ferry County, ne Washington, to mouth of John Day River, nc Oregon. |
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96 Allium robinsonii |
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Ovary obscurely crested with 3 low, rounded processes; rocky, clay slopes and talus, e Oregon, Idaho, to c California, n Nevada, nw Utah. |
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85 Allium parvum |
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