Flora of North America species comparison

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Allium bolanderi var. bolanderi

Allium bolanderi var. mirabile
Photo is of parent taxon

Bolander's onion
Photo is of parent taxon

Bolander's onion, potato bulb, slender-stem onion
Bulbs

oblique-ovoid, 0.7–1.2 cm;

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

oblique-oblong, ± irregularly shaped, suggesting small tuber, 0.9–1.4 cm;

outer coats pale brown, breaking with irregular edges, cells of reticulum wavy.
Flowers

7–12 mm;

tepals lance-ovate, apex acute to obtuse.

9–14 mm;

tepals narrowly lanceolate, apex acute.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Allium bolanderi var. bolanderi

Allium bolanderi var. mirabile
Phenology Flowering late May–early Aug. Flowering late May–early Jul.
Habitat Clay soils, including serpentine Clay soils, including serpentine
Elevation 50–1000 m (200–3300 ft) 50–1000 m (200–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 259. FNA vol. 26, p. 259.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Allium > Allium bolanderi Liliaceae > Allium > Allium bolanderi
Sibling taxa
A. bolanderi var. mirabile
A. bolanderi var. bolanderi
Synonyms A. bolanderi var. stenanthum, A. stenanthum A. mirabile
Name authority unknown (L. F. Henderson) McNeal: Phytologia 73: 307. (1992)
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