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Chatterley's Onion (Allium geyeri var. chatterleyi)

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Photo by Matt Munson and Blake Wellard; R. Thompson; J. Tuhy
Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA; R. Thompson; J. Tuhy

Chatterley's Onion

Chatterley's Onion (Allium geyeri var. chatterleyi)

Photo by Matt Munson and Blake Wellard; R. Thompson; J. Tuhy
Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA; R. Thompson; J. Tuhy

Allium geyeri var. chatterleyi

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G4G5T2
State (S-rank): S2

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Phenology

Allium geyeri blooms mid-June through September when at elevations of 6,500 and 12,000 feet. 

Species range

A Navajo Basin endemic, found in the Abajo Mountains of San Juan County.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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