[Onions: The Genus Allium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Geyer's Onion

Allium geyeri var. geyeri

Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum

Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum)

The photo above shows Geyer's onion as seen in drying, vernally moist soils along the old highway to the west of Fishtrap Lake in eastern Washington.......June 2, 2008. Note the numerous closeflowered knotweed (Polygonum confertiflorum) surrounding the onion.

Flower of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum) - Flower of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum) - Flower of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum)

Inflorescence of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum) - Inflorescence of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum)

The photos seen above show close-up views of the inflorescence and flowers of Geyer's onion as seen in drying, vernally moist soils along the old highway to the west of Fishtrap Lake in eastern Washington........June 2, 2008. Note that the inflorescence lacks bulbils, thus making this variety geyeri. Click each photo to see enlarged views.

Flowers of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum) - Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum) - Inflorescence of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum)

Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum)

Geyer's onion as seen in drying, vernally moist soils along the old highway to the west of Fishtrap Lake in eastern Washington........May 11, 2016.

Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum) - Inflorescence of Geyer's Onion: Allium geyeri var. geyeri (Synonyms: Allium dictyotum, Allium funiculosum, Allium pikeanum)

The photo at left shows Geyer's onion as seen in drying, vernally moist soils along the old highway to the west of Fishtrap Lake in eastern Washington........June 2, 2008. The photo at right shows Geyer's onion fading out of bloom at vernally moist scablands along the Stubblefield Trail near the northeastern corner of the southern Pine Lakes at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.......July 4, 2018.
Paul Slichter