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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Allium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Alliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-007:
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Validallium tricoccum
COMMON NAME:
Ramps, Red Ramps, Rampscallions, Wild Leek
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JK Marlow jkm080421_068
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Large flat leaves, 2-3" wide and to 12" long, wither before flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm140418_275
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves usually absent at anthesis, blade tapering to long, slender petiole, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140418_279
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_134434
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160503_175
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf stalks often have a reddish cast, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm090707_049
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm090707_054
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Tim Spira tps_atricoccum_2
July
2 glaucous leaves, with petioles 2-7cm long, are present from April into June, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tim Spira tps_atricoccum_wbee
July
Numerous white flowers crowded in an umbel atop the naked stalk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.