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Bolander's onion

Bulbs

oblique-ovoid, 0.7–1.2 cm;

outer coats brown to gray-brown, breaking with serrate edges, cells of reticulum V-shaped.

Flowers

7–12 mm;

tepals lance-ovate, apex acute to obtuse.

2n

= 14.

Allium bolanderi var. bolanderi

Phenology Flowering late May–early Aug.
Habitat Clay soils, including serpentine
Elevation 50–1000 m (200–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 259.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Allium > Allium bolanderi
Sibling taxa
A. bolanderi var. mirabile
Synonyms A. bolanderi var. stenanthum, A. stenanthum
Name authority unknown
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