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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Allium stellatum   FAMILY Alliaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium stellatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Allium stellatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Glade Onion, Prairie Onion


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image of Allium stellatum, Glade Onion, Prairie Onion

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_alst_001_lvd

        

image of Allium stellatum, Glade Onion, Prairie Onion

Jeff Ausmus    jma_allste

August    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Flowers stellate [star-shaped], the tepals spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Allium stellatum, Glade Onion, Prairie Onion

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_stellatum_b

August        

Scape nodding in bud, becoming erect in flower or fruit, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Allium stellatum, Glade Onion, Prairie Onion

Jeff Ausmus    jma_allste2

October    Monroe County    MI

In cultivation

Fruit is a chambered capsule about 1/8" across, each chamber containing a single black seed, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Allium stellatum   FAMILY Alliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium stellatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Allium stellatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3581

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: limestone glades, calcareous prairies, calcareous barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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