Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium keeverae
FAMILY
Alliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Until early in this century, this species was subsumed within A. cuthbertii, a species now no longer considered as present in NC, being found from SC southward. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This species was once considered to be merely a peculiar form of A. cuthbertii, more robust (4-8 dm tall) and with the perianth consistently pink; further study discovered additional differences... Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cuthbertii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium keeverae
SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations, Rank Changes... Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2017)
Allium keeverae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Allium cuthbertii
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium cuthbertii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-003?:
Allium cuthbertii FAMILY Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Keever’s Onion, Brushy Mountain Onion
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David Campbell mdc_3512
May Alexander County NC
Once considered to be merely a peculiar form of A. cuthbertii, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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David Campbell mdc_3512b
May Alexander County NC
Umbel hemispheric-globose; tepals medium-dark pink, per New Combinations, Rank Changes ... in Vascular Flora of se US II (Weakley et al., 2017).
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David Campbell mdc_3521
May Alexander County NC
Consistently more robust than typical for A. cuthbertii & disjunct ~ 220km, per New Combinations, Rank Changes ... in Vascular Flora of se US II (Weakley et al., 2017).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium keeverae
FAMILY
Alliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cuthbertii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium keeverae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New Combinations, Rank Changes... Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2017)
Allium keeverae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Allium cuthbertii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium cuthbertii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-003?:
Allium cuthbertii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
4258
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In thin soils around rock outcrops, receiving nutrient-rich seepage and occurring with many calciphiles, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare (endemic to the Brushy Mountains in NC's nw. Piedmont (Alexander & Wilkes counties))
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a hemispheric-globose umbel
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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