Allium tricoccum

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyAlliaceae
Family (Traditional)Alliaceae
GenusAllium
Species:Allium tricoccum Aiton
Common NameRamp; Ramps
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: Yes; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: sword-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 6; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Clark (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Harlan (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Lincoln (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Oldham (KY), Perry (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trimble (KY), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1953 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Barren Kentucky 23 Jun 1988 George P. Johnson
4092
EKY
Allium tricoccum
31234100855046 Menifee Kentucky 25 Apr 1989 Ross C. Clark
22202
EKY
Allium tricoccum
BEREA001332 Rockcastle Kentucky 21 May 1997 Ralph L. Thompson
97-365
BEREA
Allium tricoccum
BEREA001333 Madison Kentucky 24 Jul 1959 James Grossman
207
BEREA
Allium tricoccum
N/A Carter Tennessee 24 Mar 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
ETSU006486 Unicoi Tennessee 03 Jul 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066363 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066108 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066123 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
UCHT005714 Sevier Tennessee 25 Apr 2011 Joey Shaw
UCHT
Allium tricoccum
UCHT005712 Hamilton Tennessee 15 Jun 1974 Sherry Cunningham
90
UCHT
Allium tricoccum
APSC0069174 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
APSC0109712 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
MTSU002925 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 2009 Rachel Sellers
47
MTSU
Allium tricoccum
N/A Madison Kentucky 07 Apr 1979 J. Stuart Lassetter
3466
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Madison Kentucky 08 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6853
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Lincoln Kentucky 15 Apr 2005 Timothy J. Weckman
9092
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Garrard Kentucky 28 Apr 1956 Mary E. Wharton
9714a
EKY
Allium tricoccum
MDKY00005749 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066120 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
N/A Madison Kentucky 31 Jul 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3125
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Madison Kentucky 07 Apr 1957 Mary E. Wharton
10683a
EKY
Allium tricoccum
BEREA001330 Rockcastle Kentucky 03 Jul 1991 J. Richard Abbott, Ralph L. Thompson, F. Dale Noe, Jr.
780
BEREA
Allium tricoccum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 06 Jul 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066127 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066129 Union Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066122 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066125 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
APSC0109711 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
N/A Clark Kentucky 28 Jul 1956 Mary Ruth Beckett
1292
EKY
Allium tricoccum
31234100855038 Menifee Kentucky 01 May 1988 Ross C. Clark
21451
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 04 Apr 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066121 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066128 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066107 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
APSC0109709 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
N/A Jefferson Kentucky 14 Apr 2010 Patricia D. Haragan
1012
EKY
Allium tricoccum
MDKY00005747 Bath Kentucky
MDKY
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066117 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066109 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066119 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
APSC0109710 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
MTSU002868 Cannon Tennessee 16 Jun 2002 Kurt E. Blum
MTSU
Allium tricoccum
ETSU025308 Carter Tennessee 10 Jul 2012 Adam McCullough
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
N/A Fayette Kentucky 11 May 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9014C
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Oldham Kentucky 11 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6324
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Fayette Kentucky 26 Apr 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
2996
EKY
Allium tricoccum
N/A Perry Kentucky 13 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2260
EKY
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066111 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066118 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
UCHT005713 Monroe Tennessee 11 Jul 1953 Elsworth Brown
UCHT
Allium tricoccum
APSC0100158 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
APSC0109713 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
N/A Fayette Kentucky 11 May 1956 Mary E. Wharton
9014
EKY
Allium tricoccum
BEREA001331 Rockcastle Kentucky 03 Jul 1991 J. Richard Abbott, Ralph L. Thompson, F. Dale Noe, Jr.
780
BEREA
Allium tricoccum
31973000004904 Kenton Kentucky 10 Aug 1995 Naczi, Robert
4913
KNK
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066114 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066112 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066124 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066115 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
005766 Barren Kentucky
BOON
Allium tricoccum
APSC0109715 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
APSC0100146 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
APSC0100368 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0244496 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Allium tricoccum
BEREA001329 Madison Kentucky 20 May 1997 Ralph L. Thompson
97-339
BEREA
Allium tricoccum
MDKY00005748 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066113 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066365 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066126 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066364 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066116 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
TENN-V-0066110 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Allium tricoccum
HTTU008170 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Allium tricoccum
First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Records per Page:

Plant Photos

Allium tricoccum - Milo Pyne
Allium tricoccum - Milo Pyne
Allium tricoccum - Sunny Fleming
Allium tricoccum - Sunny Fleming
Allium tricoccum - Tara Littlefield
Allium tricoccum - Tara Littlefield
Allium tricoccum - Tara Littlefield
Allium tricoccum - Tara Littlefield
Allium tricoccum - Joey Shaw
Allium tricoccum - Joey Shaw