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Label

Accession No. 10504 
Family Liliaceae 
Species Allium nevadense S. Watson
Common name "Nevada wild onion"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (4438)  17 May 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, San Juan County
Lat./Long. 37°  18' 43" N, 109°  51 ' 22" W at 5010 feet (1527 m)
Locality Valley of the Gods, W side of scenic loop, W side of road at base of large formation. 
Ecology Entrada Formation, sandy soil; blackbrush community. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Allium nevadense S. Wats.
     Allium cristatum S. Wats.
     Allium nevadense var. cristatum (S. Wats.) Ownbey

Common Name(s): Nevada onion.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=42687, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Liliidae
                            Order: Liliales
                                Family: Liliaceae
                                    Genus: Allium
                                        Species: Allium nevadense
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Images of other samples of the same species:
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03615
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03863
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07497
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08287
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08668
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09364
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09443
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11113
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11113
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11651
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11651
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12751
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
10503 Argemone corymbosa  var. arenicola  same section
04261 Argemone corymbosa  var. arenicola  same section
10506 Astragalus amphioxys  var. vespertinus   "western crescent milkvetch" same section
10483 Camissonia scapoidea  var. scapoidea   "Paiute suncup" 60 ft. NE
10505 Cymopterus newberryi      "sweet-root spring parsley" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Castle Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1095 ft. NE 5269  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Battleship Rock (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.7 mi. SE 5164  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Lady in the Bathtub (Pillar) San Juan County, UT 2.4 mi. SW 5069  Cedar Mesa South 
Franklin Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2.4 mi. SE 4954  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Valley of the Gods (Basin) San Juan County, UT 3.4 mi. S 4656  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Rooster Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 3.5 mi. SE 4882  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Pyramid Peak (Summit) San Juan County, UT 3.3 mi. SE 4876  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Setting Hen Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 3.9 mi. SE 4810  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Seven Sailors (Pillar) San Juan County, UT 5 mi. S 4567  Mexican Hat 
Cigarette Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 4.5 mi. NE 5578  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Bell Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 5.4 mi. S 5279  The Goosenecks 
Lees Ranch (Locale) San Juan County, UT 4.9 mi. SW 5286  Cedar Mesa South 
West Fork Lime Creek (Stream) San Juan County, UT 5.7 mi. S   Cedar Mesa South 
Cedar Mesa (Summit) San Juan County, UT 6.5 mi. NW 6749  Cedar Mesa North 

Links

Taxon Links for species Allium nevadense  S. Watson

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Allium+nevadense

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