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| Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Perennial; bulb 1 or on rhizomes, reforming each yr; bulblets at bulb bases or on rhizomes; outer bulb coat brown, red-brown, yellow-brown, or gray; inner coats generally white (pink, red, or yellow); onion odor, taste present (except Nothoscordum).
Stem: scapose, cylindric, sometimes flat or triangular.
Leaf: basal, sheathing stem, linear [or not], cylindric, channeled or flat, generally ± withering from tip by flower.
Inflorescence: umbel (1-flowered in Ipheion), bracts generally 2, splitting and appearing 2+ or not, ± fused, enclosing flower buds, scarious.
Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, ± free to fused in lower 1/3–1/2; stamens 6, fused to perianth, filaments widened at base, anthers attached at middle; ovary superior, 3-lobed, chambers 3, ovules 2+ per chamber, style 1, stigma entire or ± 3-lobed.
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal.
Seed: black, sculpture net-like, smooth, or granular.
13 genera, 750–800 species: worldwide. Many cultivated for food, ornamental. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Perennial from deep, membrane-coated bulb, onion odor present.
Leaf: several, basal, unkeeled.
Inflorescence: scapose; flowers 1; bracts 2, fused at base.
Flower: showy; perianth parts fused in lower 1/2, lobes spreading, ± equal; anthers attached at middle; style thread-like, stigma ± 3-lobed.
Fruit: capsule.
± 6 species: s South America. (Greek: origin obscure)
Previous taxon: Allium yosemitense
Next taxon: Ipheion uniflorum
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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| Bioregions in which taxon occurs | Red area (if present) is the part of the bioregion lying between the upper and lower elevation limits of the taxon; markers link to CCH specimen records. If the markers are obscured, reload the page [or change window size and reload]. Yellow markers indicate records that may have georeferencing or identification issues. |
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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates. | Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
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