Allium cernuum

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Read about Allium cernuum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Allium cernuum, Roth. Fls. rose-colored or white, in open, nodding umbels. Alleghanies and W.


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Allium cernuum
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Alliaceae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. canadense

Binomial name
Allium cernuum
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 flowers. Nodding onion blooms in July or August. The flowers mature into a spherical crested fruits which later split open to reveal the dark shiny seeds. This plant does not have bulblets. This plant grows in dry woods, rock outcroppings, and prairies. It is native to North America from New York to British Columbia south to Virginia and Kentucky and south in the mountains. 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.


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