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LILIACEAE

LILY FAMILY

Dale W. McNeal, except as specified

Perennial to trees, from membranous bulb, fibrous corm, scaly rhizome, or erect caudex
Stem generally underground
Leaves generally basal, often withering early, alternate, generally ± linear
Inflorescence various, generally bracted
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; perianth often showy, segments generally 6 in two petal-like whorls (outer sometimes sepal-like), free or fused at base; stamens 6 (or 3 + generally 3 ± petal-like staminodes), filaments sometimes attached to perianth or fused into a tube or crown; ovary superior or inferior, chambers 3, placentas generally axile, style generally 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: generally capsule, loculicidal or septicidal (berry or nut)
Genera in family: ± 300 genera, 4600 species: especially ± dry temp and subtropical; many cultivated for ornamental or food; some TOXIC. Here includes genera sometimes treated in Agavaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and other families.

ALLIUM

ONION, GARLIC

Perennial with onion odor, taste; bulb solitary or on rhizomes, reforming each year, divides at base into daughter bulbs, outer bulb coats generally brown or gray, cell sculpture generally important to identification, inner bulb coats generally white
Stem scapose, cylindric or flat
Leaves basal, 1–5, linear, cylindric, channeled, or flat, generally withering from tip before flower
Inflorescence: umbel; bracts generally 2–4, conspicuous, ± fused, scarious
Flower: perianth segments 6, in 2 petal-like whorls; stamens 6, epipetalous, filaments wide at base, fused into a ring; ovary superior, sometimes with 3 or 6 crests, chambers 3, ovules generally 2 per chamber, style 1, stigma entire or 3-lobed
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal
Seed obovoid, black, sculpture net-like, smooth, or granular
Species in genus: 500 species: worldwide, especially CA
Etymology: (Latin: garlic)

Native

A. peninsulare Greene

Bulb 8–15 mm, ovoid to ± spheric; outer coat brown to gray, sculpture laterally elongate, V-shaped, herringbone-like
Stem 12–45 cm
Leaves 2–3, 0.7–1.5 X stem, channeled to ± cylindric
Inflorescence: flowers generally 5–35; pedicels 1–4 cm
Flower 8–15 mm; perianth parts erect (tips ± recurved), lanceolate to elliptic, entire or inner minutely dentate, red-purple; ovary crests 3, minute, 2-lobed, central
Ecology: Common. Dry slopes and flats
Elevation: < 1100 m.
Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountain Area, Sacramento Valley, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California
Distribution outside California: s Oregon, n Baja California

Native

var. peninsulare

Leaf ± straight
Inflorescence: pedicels 10–40 mm
Flower 10–15 mm; stigma 3-lobed, sometimes ± head-like
Chromosomes: n=7
Ecology: Common. Habitat and range of sp
Elevation:
Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountain Area, Sacramento Valley, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California
Horticultural information: SUN, DRY: 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; may be DFCLT.