Allium cernuum - Revision history

Murali.lalitha at 01:22, 25 November 2010

2010-11-25T01:22:18Z

Raffi at 18:11, 17 August 2009

2009-08-17T18:11:04Z

BradiRoberts at 08:04, 12 August 2009

2009-08-12T08:04:09Z

Envoy at 12:42, 28 April 2007

2007-04-28T12:42:47Z

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Allium cernuum''
| image = Allium cernuum.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Alliaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Allium]]''
| species = '''''A. canadense'''''
| binomial = ''Allium cernuum''
| binomial_authority = [[Albrecht Wilhelm Roth|Roth]]
}}

'''Nodding onion''' (''Allium cernuum''), also known as '''lady's leek''', is a perennial plant in the family [[Alliaceae]]. It has an unsheathed slender conic [[bulb]] which gradually tapers directly into several keeled [[grass]]-like leaves (2-4mm wide). Each mature bulb bears a single flowering stem, which terminates in a downward nodding [[umbel]] of white or rose [[flower]]s. Nodding onion blooms in July or August. The flowers mature into a spherical crested [[fruit]]s which later split open to reveal the dark shiny [[seed]]s. This plant does not have [[bulblet]]s. This plant grows in dry [[woods]], rock outcroppings, and [[prairie]]s. It is native to [[North America]] from [[New York]] to [[British Columbia]] south to [[Virginia]] and [[Kentucky]] and south in the [[mountain]]s. The bulb is edible and has a strong onion flavor.

This species is cultivated for its attractive flowers.
''Allium cernuum'' form ''major'' has larger plants and larger flowers than the normal species.

==References==
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+cernuum Plants For A Future: ''Allium cernuum'']

<gallery>
Image:Allium cernuum seed head.jpg|Seed head of ''A. cernuum''
Image:Allium cernuum BB.jpg|''A. cernuum'' from Britton and Brown 1913
</gallery>

{{monocot-stub}}

[[Category:Asparagales]]
[[Category:Alliaceae]]
[[Category:Onion]]
[[Category:Flora of Canada]]
[[Category:Flora of the United States]]

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		+	\|familia=Alliaceae
		+	\|genus=Allium
		+	\|species=cernuum
		+	\|common_name=Lady's leek, Nodding onion, Wild onion
		+	\|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|habit=bulbous
		+	\|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|Min ht box=12
		+	\|Min ht metric=in
		+	\|Max ht box=27
		+	\|Max ht metric=in
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		+	\|Min wd metric=in
		+	\|Max wd box=12
		+	\|Max wd metric=in
		+	\|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|lifespan=perennial
		+	\|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|exposure=sun
		+	\|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|features=flowers
		+	\|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
		+	\|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|flowers=red, pink, white
		+	\|Temp Metric=°F
		+	\|min_zone=6
		+	\|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
		+	\|max_zone=10
		+	\|image=Upload.png
		+	\|image_width=240
		+	}}
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		+	Allium cernuum, Roth. Fls. rose-colored or white, in open, nodding umbels. Alleghanies and W.
		+	}}
	{{Taxobox		{{Taxobox
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 {{Inc|
 Allium cernuum, Roth. Fls. rose-colored or white, in open, nodding umbels. Alleghanies and W.
 }}
-'''Nodding onion''' (''Allium cernuum''), also known as '''lady's leek''', is a perennial plant in the family [[Alliaceae]]. It has an unsheathed slender conic [[bulb]] which gradually tapers directly into several keeled [[grass]]-like leaves (2-4mm wide). Each mature bulb bears a single flowering stem, which terminates in a downward nodding [[umbel]] of white or rose [[flower]]s. Nodding onion blooms in July or August. The flowers mature into a spherical crested [[fruit]]s which later split open to reveal the dark shiny [[seed]]s. This plant does not have [[bulblet]]s. This plant grows in dry [[woods]], rock outcroppings, and [[prairie]]s. It is native to [[North America]] from [[New York]] to [[British Columbia]] south to [[Virginia]] and [[Kentucky]] and south in the [[mountain]]s. The bulb is edible and has a strong onion flavor.
+==Cultivation==
-This species is cultivated for its attractive flowers.
+===Pests and diseases===
-''Allium cernuum'' form ''major'' has larger plants and larger flowers than the normal species.
+{{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-==References==
+==Gallery==
-* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+cernuum Plants For A Future: ''Allium cernuum'']
+{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery  -->
 <gallery>
 Image:Allium cernuum seed head.jpg|Seed head of ''A. cernuum''
 Image:Allium cernuum BB.jpg|''A. cernuum'' from Britton and Brown 1913
 </gallery>
-{{monocot-stub}}
+==References==
-[[Category:Asparagales]]
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