Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Allium rhizomatum Wooton & Standley
(New Mexico Onion)


Family: Alliaceae, formerly Liliaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Allium glandulosum sensu M&H, not Link & Otto

Allium rhizomatum lives in canyons with igneous walls in the Gila National Forest, the type area being Gila Hot Springs. It has a white bell shaped flower with purple lines on the corolla lobes. The bulb is subglobose and has a non-fibrous coat. There are slender, pale rhizomes. The perianth segments are acute and the flowers are erect and not nodding.
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Allium rhizomatum, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010



Allium rhizomatum, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, lateral closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, closeup of subglobose bulb with rhizomes and nonfibrous coat, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, macro of nonfibrous bulb coat, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, closeup of umbel, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009



Allium rhizomatum, closeup of umbel, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010


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