Biology:Allium cuthbertii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Striped garlic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Amerallium |
| Species: | A. cuthbertii
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium cuthbertii | |
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Allium sanbornii var. jepsonii Ownbey & Aase ex Traub | |
Allium cuthbertii, common name striped garlic, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States . It occurs at elevations less than 300 m in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and northeastern Florida.[2][3] It is a perennial herb.[4]
Allium cuthbertii produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm long. Scapes are round, triangular or square in cross-section, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers are about 8 mm across, white, pink or purple; anthers and pollen yellow.[2][5][6]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Allium cuthbertii". NatureServe. 2022-06-22. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134129.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 26 p 241,Allium cuthbertii
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium cuthbertii
- ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ALCU.
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 264, 1328.
- ↑ Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Wikidata ☰ Q15519414 entry
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