Francis Marion Ownbey

U.s. botanist (1910–1974).

Francis Marion Ownbey (29 September 1910 – 7 December 1974) was an American botanist. Ownbey earned his Ph.D. at the Washington University in St. Louis, with Jesse M. Greenman. Ownbey began to teach at Washington State University in 1939, and became director of the herbarium. During World War II, he was sent to Ecuador as part of the Cinchona Missions. Ownbey was especially interested in the genus Tragopogon. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1954 for his investigation into the genetics of the genus. He died in 1974, and the herbarium at WSU was named in his honor. His brother, Gerald

Abbreviations: Ownbey
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1910-09-29T00:00:00Z – 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 47 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 65 plants, 0 fungi

47 plants attributed, 18 plants contributed to65 plants:

Allium aaseae (Southern Idaho Onion) Ownbey 1950
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium aaseae, the Southern Idaho onion or Aase's onion, is a plant species endemic to southwestern Idaho. It has been reported from 6 counties: Elmore, Ada, Boise, Gem, Payette and Washington. The plant is named for American botanist Hannah Caroline Aase (1883-1980), at one time professor at Washington State University in Pullman. Allium aaseae grows on sandy and gravelly sites at elevations of 800–1100 m. It has egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm in diameter, and pink or white bell-shaped flowers up to 10 mm long.
Allium serra (Jeweled Onion) McNeal & Ownbey 1977
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium serra is a California species of wild onion known by several common names, including jeweled onion, pom-pon onion, and serrated onion. It favors hard soils with rock and clay, including serpentine soil. It is found in the Coast Ranges of central and northern California, from Merced County to Humboldt County. Allium serra plant produces a small herringbone-patterned bulb an average of one centimeter in diameter. It has a long stem on which it bears a tightly bunched umbel of flowers. The attractive bright pink flowers are thimble or bell-shaped, often iridescent when new and becoming
Allium speculae (Little River Canyon Onion) Ownbey & Aase 1959
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium speculae, the Little River Canyon onion, is a plant species native to the US States of Georgia and Alabama, especially in the vicinity of the Little River Canyon National Preserve in northeastern Alabama. It occurs on sandy and rocky soils in the Piedmont region at elevations of about 300 m. Allium speculae produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 5 cm long. This species does not have rhizomes. Scapes are round in cross-section, up to 30 cm tall. Flowers bell-shaped, up to 6 mm across; tepals pink; anthers and pollen pale yellow; ovary crested.
Allium elmendorfii (Elmendorf's Onion) M.E.Jones ex Ownbey 1950
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium elmendorfii, or Elmendorf's onion, is a species of wild onion endemic to Texas. It is known only from Bexar, Frio, Wilson, and Atascosa Counties. It is generally found on sandy soils, specifically "well-drained sands, Eocene, Pleistocene and Holocene sands, and has only a 400 x 160 km range." Its habitat is "Forest/Woodland, Savanna, Woodland - Hardwood" and specifically "{g}rassland openings in post oak (Quercus stellata) woodlands on deep, well-drained sands derived from Queen City and similar Eocene formations." Allium elmendorfii is a perennial bulb-forming herb with clusters of
Allium runyonii (Runyon's Onion) Ownbey 1950
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium runyonii is a North American species of wild onion native to southern Texas about as far north as Corpus Christi, as well as to the Mexican States of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. It is found on sandy soils including in plains along the Río Grande. Allium runyonii produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm long. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 50 cm. Flowers are urn-shaped, about 6 mm across; tepals white with pinkish midribs; anthers and pollen are yellow; ovary does not have a crest.
Allium gooddingii (Goodding's Onion) Ownbey 1949
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
Allium gooddingii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Goodding's onion. It is native to Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. This onion grows from a thick rhizome reminiscent of that of the iris. The rhizome has 1 to 3 bulbs on it. There are 3 to 6 leaves with flat blades up to 25 centimeters long. The inflorescence is borne atop an erect scape which is flattened and winged toward the top, growing to about 45 centimeters in height. The inflorescence is an umbel of 18 to 23 bell-shaped pink flowers each about a centimeter long. Blooming occurs in June through September.
Calochortus persistens (Siskiyou Mariposa Lily) Ownbey 1940
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus persistens is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Siskiyou mariposa lily. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon. Calochortus persistens grows at about nine sites scattered on the Gunsight-Humbug Ridge in Siskiyou County, California; in several locations on Cottonwood Peak and Little Cottonwood Peak, also in Siskiyou County; and in one population of just a few individuals on Bald Mountain near Ashland in Jackson County, Oregon, Calochortus persistens grows on rocky slopes in acidic soils and talus. This is a
Calochortus minimus (Sierra Mariposa Lily) Ownbey 1940
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus minimus is a California species of flowering plants in the lily family known by the common name Sierra mariposa lily.
Calochortus ambiguus (Doubting Mariposa Lily) (M.E.Jones) Ownbey 1940
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus ambiguus, the Arizona mariposa lily or doubting mariposa lily, is a perennial plant in the lily family (liliaceae) that grows at higher elevations of the Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah, and Sonora. Calochortus ambiguus is a bulb-forming herb. Flowers are white or very pale lavender, with a green center and reddish-purple anthers.
Calochortus monanthus (Single-flowered Mariposa Lily) Ownbey 1940
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus monanthus is a presumed extinct North American species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names single-flowered mariposa lily and Shasta River mariposa lily. It was endemic to northern California. It is presumed extinct, having been collected and documented once over a century ago and never found again. The single known specimen was collected by botanist Edward Lee Greene from a meadow on the banks of the Shasta River, near Yreka in Siskiyou County, California, in June 1876.
Allium stoloniferum Ownbey & T.D.Jacobson 1979
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
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Castilleja nivea (Snow Indian Paintbrush) Pennell & Ownbey 1950
perennial plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Castilleja nivea, the snow paintbrush or snowy paintbrush, is a rare species of alpine plant from northern Wyoming and southern Montana.
Calochortus × indecorus (Sexton Mountain Mariposa Lily) Ownbey & M.Peck 1954
plant hybrid species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus indecorus was a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Sexton Mountain mariposa lily. It was known only from Sexton Mountain in Josephine County, Oregon, in the United States. It is now presumed extinct. This perennial herb had a thick, unbranched stem up to 22 centimeters long. The inflorescence contained up to 6 bell-shaped lavender flowers. The fruit was a winged capsule up to 2 centimeters long. The plant's habitat was serpentine mountain slopes. This plant was only collected once and has not been located since. It may have been made extinct by
Calochortus foliosus Ownbey 1940
plant species in the liliaceae family
Calochortus foliosus is a bulbous plant of the lily family. It is sometimes known by the common name leafy cyclobothra and belongs to subsection Purpurei within section Cyclobothra in the genus Calochortus. It occurs in mountainous central Mexico. Little is known about the species aside from the information provided in the original description.
Tragopogon × mirus (Remarkable Goat's-beard) Ownbey 1950
plant hybrid species in the asteraceae family
Tragopogon mirus, the remarkable goatsbeard, is a plant species native to certain regions of North America. It is a weed with purple flowers that originated as a cross between two other Tragopogon species. It is notable for being an allotetraploid that occurred naturally due to this hybridization event.
Polygonum heterosepalum (Oddsepal Knotweed) M.Peck & Ownbey 1950
plant species in the polygonaceae family
Polygonum heterosepalum, common name dwarf desert knotweed or oddsepal knotweed, is a plant species native to the Great Basin Desert in southwestern Idaho, northern Nevada, northeastern California, and southwestern Oregon. It has been reported from 1 county in California (Modoc), 4 in Nevada (Washoe, Humboldt, Elko and Lander), 4 in Idaho (Owyhee, Twin Falls, Elmore and Gooding), and 5 in Oregon (Lake, Malheur, Harney, Grant and Crook). The species occurs in dry, open sites in sagebrush plains and pine woodlands. Polygonum heterosepalum is a short herb up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) tall,
Calochortus nigrescens Ownbey 1940
plant species in the liliaceae family
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Tragopogon × miscellus (Moscow Salsify) Ownbey 1950
plant hybrid species in the asteraceae family
Tragopogon miscellus, the Moscow salsify, is a species native to the States of Washington and Idaho. Intensive studies over the course of many years have demonstrated that it originated as an allopolyploid hybrid between T. dubius and T. pratensis, both of which are European species naturalized in the US. Tragopogon miscellus has become established in the wild, reproducing by its own, thus deserving recognition as a species. Tragopogon miscellus is an herb up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. Leaves are slightly tomentose when young, nearly glabrous when mature, with a tip that is recoiled (curved
Cirsium coahuilense Ownbey & Pinkava 1980
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Tragopogon vaginatus Ownbey & Rech.f. 1977
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola (Magenta Paintbrush) (Greenm.) Ownbey 1959
perennial plant variety in the orobanchaceae family
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Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis (Slender Mariposa Lily) Ownbey 1940
plant variety in the liliaceae family
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Tragopogon rechingeri Ownbey 1977
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
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Tragopogon bornmuelleri Ownbey & Rech.f. 1977
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
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Calochortus longebarbatus var. peckii (Peck's Mariposa Lily) Ownbey 1943
plant variety in the liliaceae family
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Calochortus elegans var. selwayensis (Selway Mariposa Lily) (H.St.John) Ownbey 1940
plant variety in the liliaceae family
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Argemone ochroleuca ssp. stenopetala (Rose) Ownbey 1958
annual plant subspecies in the papaveraceae family
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Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei (Tolmie's Onion) Ownbey 1950
plant variety in the amaryllidaceae family
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Tragopogon raginatus Ownbey & Rech.f.
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Castilleja parviflora var. olympica (Olympic Mountain Paintbrush) (G.N.Jones) Ownbey 1959
perennial plant variety in the orobanchaceae family
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