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Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi
Photo is of parent taxon

Purdy's fringe onion, Purdy's onion
Scape

10–35 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm.
Umbel

20–75-flowered.
Flowers

tepals white to pale lavender with darker midvein, apex not spreading or recurved at tip;

ovarian crest process margins denticulate to laciniate (crests rarely absent).
2n

= 14.

Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi
Phenology Flowering late Apr–Jun.
Habitat Serpentine clay
Elevation 300–600 m (1000–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi is known only from the vicinity of Clear Lake.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Allium > Allium fimbriatum
Sibling taxa
A. fimbriatum var. fimbriatum, A. fimbriatum var. mohavense
Synonyms A. purdyi
Name authority (Eastwood) Ownbey ex McNeal: Aliso 13: 423. (1992)
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