Allium textile A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Amaryllidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Bulb ovoid-conic, 1–2 cm with fibrous-reticulate coats; stem 1–2.5 dm; lvs mostly 1 or 2, arising below the middle, 1–2 mm wide, bracts ovate, short-acuminate; bulblets none; pedicels 5–10 mm, or in fr to 20 mm; tep pink or white, lanceolate or lance-oblong, 6–8 mm, acute; filaments shorter than the perianth; fr retuse, 3–4 mm, its valves (and each lobe of the ovary) bearing 2 short erect projections on the back just below the top; 2n=14, 28. Dry plains and prairies; s. and w. Minn. and w. Io. to Alta., Wash., and N.M. May, June. (A. reticulatum)