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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.

This species was once considered to be merely a peculiar form of A. cuthbertii, more robust (4-8 dm tall) and with the perianth consistently pink; further study discovered additional differences... Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cuthbertii   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Allium keeverae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations, Rank Changes... Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2017)

Allium keeverae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Allium cuthbertii

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Allium cuthbertii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-003?:

Allium cuthbertii   FAMILY Liliaceae

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).

David Campbell    mdc_3521

May    Alexander County    NC

Consistently more robust than typical for A. cuthbertii & disjunct ~ 220km, per New Combinations, Rank Changes ... in Vascular Flora of se US II (Weakley et al., 2017).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Allium keeverae   FAMILY Alliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cuthbertii   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium keeverae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New Combinations, Rank Changes... Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2017)
Allium keeverae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Allium cuthbertii

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Allium cuthbertii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-003?:
Allium cuthbertii   FAMILY Liliaceae