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Allium fibrillum
M.E. Jones
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Cuddy Mountain Onion
FNA
Resources
Dale W. McNeal Jr. & T. D. Jacobsen in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Bulbs 1-5+, without cluster of basal bulbels, not clustered on stout primary rhizome, ± globose, 0.5-1.2 × 0.5-1 cm; outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, reticulate; cells very fine, often obscure, narrow, ± transversely elongate, intricately contorted, without fibers; inner coats white to pink, cells obscure, transversely elongate, intricately contorted. Leaves usually persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface; blade solid, flat, ± falcate, linear, channeled, 7-24 cm × 0.5-3 mm, margins entire. Scape persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete or slightly flattened to very narrowly winged, 3-15 cm × 0.5-2 mm. Umbel persistent, erect, compact, 10-20-flowered, hemispheric to globose, bulbils unknown; spathe bracts persistent, 2, 4-6-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate. Flowers campanulate, 5-8 mm; tepals erect, white with prominent greenish or pink midribs, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse to acuminate, ± involute at tip; stamens included; anthers yellow; pollen yellow; ovary crestless or obscurely crested; processes 3, low, rounded, margins entire; style linear, equaling stamens; stigma capitate, unlobed; pedicel 3-10 mm. Seed coat dull or shining; cells smooth. 2n = 14.
Flowering May--Jul. Moist, shallow soils; 300--2600 m; Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.
Allium fibrillum closely resembles A. madidum but does not have a cluster of basal bulbels.
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