Flora of North America species comparison

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Allium geyeri var. tenerum
Photo is of parent taxon

bulbil onion, Geyer's onion, Rydberg's onion
Umbel

0–5-flowered, flowers mostly replaced by ovoid, acuminate bulbils;

bulbils sessile or stalk less than 1 mm.
Flowers

tepals white to pink; flowering pedicel, if present, 8–13 mm.
Seeds

rarely produced.
2n

= 28, 35, 42.

Allium geyeri var. tenerum
Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Meadows and along streams
Elevation 0–3100 m (0–10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 237.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Allium > Allium geyeri
Sibling taxa
A. geyeri var. geyeri
Synonyms A. arenicola, A. fibrosum, A. geyeri var. graniferum, A. rubrum, A. rydbergii, A. sabulicola
Name authority M. E. Jones: Contr. W. Bot. 10: 28, fig. 55. (1902)
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