Allium cuthbertii
Allium cuthbertii, common name striped garlic, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States. It occurs at elevations less than 300 m in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and northeastern Florida.[2][3] It is a perennial herb.[4]
| Striped garlic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. cuthbertii |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium cuthbertii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Allium sanbornii var. jepsonii Ownbey & Aase ex Traub | |
Allium cuthbertii produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm long. Scapes are round, triangular or square in cross-section, up to 40 cm tall. Flowers are about 8 mm across, white, pink or purple; anthers and pollen yellow.[2][5][6]
References
- "NatureServe Explorer - Allium cuthbertii". NatureServe Explorer Allium cuthbertii. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- Flora of North America v 26 p 241,Allium cuthbertii
- BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium cuthbertii
- "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- Small, John Kunkel. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 264, 1328.
- Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
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