. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 9. Allium mutabile Michx. Fig. 1250. Wild Onion. Allium mutabile Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 195. 1803. Bulbs ovoid, solitary or several together, 1' high or less, their coats prominently fibrous-reticulated. Scape terete, i°-2° tall; leaves basal, channeled, \"; wide, shorter than the scape; bracts of the umbel 2 or 3, long-acuminate; umbel erect, many
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 9. Allium mutabile Michx. Fig. 1250. Wild Onion. Allium mutabile Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 195. 1803. Bulbs ovoid, solitary or several together, 1' high or less, their coats prominently fibrous-reticulated. Scape terete, i°-2° tall; leaves basal, channeled, \"; wide, shorter than the scape; bracts of the umbel 2 or 3, long-acuminate; umbel erect, many- flowered, rarely bulblet-bearing; pedicels filiform, 8"-i2" long; flowers pink, rose or white, 2I''-4" long; perianth-segments lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- late, acute, acuminate, or obtusish, thin, longer than the stamens; filaments somewhat widened below; capsule rather shorter than the perianth, its valves not crested. In moist soil, North Carolina to Missouri, Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. April-June. 10. Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. Nuttall's Wild Onion. Fig. 1251. Allium Nuttallii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 227. 1879. Allium Helleri Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 264. 1903. Bulbs usually solitary, ovoid, i'-i' high, their coats fibrous-reticulated. Culm slender, terete or nearly so, 4'-8' tall; leaves basal, i"-i" wide, shorter than the scape or sometimes equalling it; bracts of the umbel 3 or 2, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; umbel several-flowered; no bulblets seen; pedicels slender, 4"-6" long; flowers rose or white, about 3" long; perianth-segments ovate, acute or acuminate, firm, becoming rigid in fruit; stamens shorter than the perianth; capsule shorter than the perianth, its valves not crested. On prairies, South Dakota to Colorado, Texas and Ari- zona. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appear
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