Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Until early in this century, this species was subsumed within A. cuthbertii, a species now no longer considered as present in NC, being found from SC southward. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Allium keeverae
FAMILY
Alliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cuthbertii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New Combinations, Rank Changes... Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2017)
Allium keeverae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-003?:
Allium cuthbertii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Allium cuthbertii
COMMON NAME:
Keever’s Onion, Brushy Mountain Onion
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David Campbell mdc_3512
May Alexander County NC
Once considered to be merely a peculiar form of A. cuthbertii, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
David Campbell mdc_3512b
May Alexander County NC
Umbel hemispheric-globose; tepals medium-dark pink, per New Combinations, Rank Changes ... in Vascular Flora of se US II (Weakley et al., 2017).