Blooms: May - July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Watch List ()
Distribution: Widely scattered local populations in our area: Vancouver Island, B.C., San Juan Islands, Columbia River Gorge, and Willimette Valley. More common in California.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Watch List ()
Distribution: Widely scattered local populations in our area: Vancouver Island, B.C., San Juan Islands, Columbia River Gorge, and Willimette Valley. More common in California.
Species Description:
General: Scapose, perennial herbs from bulbs, the bulbs ovoid, usually clustered, the outer coats brownish and with a herringbone pattern.
Leaves: Leaves 2-4, concave-convex, slender, shorter than the scape, withering early; scape 1-4 dm. tall, cylindrical.
Flowers: Umbel few- to many-flowered, nearly spherical; pedicels slender, 1-2 times the length of the tepals; tepals 6, lanceolate, acute, white or pink, becoming papery and converging over the fruit at maturity; stamens 6, as long as the tepals; stigma capitate.
Fruits: Capsule 3-celled, 6-seeded, crested with 6 low processes.
General: Scapose, perennial herbs from bulbs, the bulbs ovoid, usually clustered, the outer coats brownish and with a herringbone pattern.
Leaves: Leaves 2-4, concave-convex, slender, shorter than the scape, withering early; scape 1-4 dm. tall, cylindrical.
Flowers: Umbel few- to many-flowered, nearly spherical; pedicels slender, 1-2 times the length of the tepals; tepals 6, lanceolate, acute, white or pink, becoming papery and converging over the fruit at maturity; stamens 6, as long as the tepals; stigma capitate.
Fruits: Capsule 3-celled, 6-seeded, crested with 6 low processes.
Accepted Name:
Allium amplectens Torr.Synonyms:
Allium acuminatum Hook. var. gracile Alph. Wood
Allium attenuifolium Kellogg
Allium attenuifolium Kellogg var. monospermum (Jepson) Jepson
Allium monospermum Jepson
Allium occidentale Gray
Allium serratum S. Watson
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Allium amplectens
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Allium amplectens specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Allium amplectens specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Allium amplectens treatment.
E-Flora BC: Allium amplectens atlas page.
CalPhotos: Allium amplectens images.
USDA Plants Database: Allium amplectens.
J. William Thompson
Paul Slichter, 2006
Paul Slichter, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2007
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G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
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