Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Allium mobilense
FAMILY
Alliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium canadense var. mobilense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Allium canadense var. mobilense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-002b:
Allium canadense var. mobilense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Allium mutabile
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium arenicola
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium microscordion
COMMON NAME:
Mobile Onion
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_almu4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Allium mobilense
FAMILY
Alliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium canadense var. mobilense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Allium canadense var. mobilense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-002b:
Allium canadense var. mobilense
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Allium mutabile
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium arenicola
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Allium microscordion
52
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC-SC
Habitat: Dry woodlands, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p108
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p228
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p334?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p163?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p353?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p011?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p065?