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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Allium mobilense
FAMILY
Alliaceae
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Learn more about Allium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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
Habitat: Dry woodlands, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p108
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p228
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p334?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p037
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p163?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p361
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p353?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p011?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p065?
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