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.

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cuthbertii   FAMILY Liliaceae

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