Allium cernuum

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

? Allium cernuum
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.

References

• Plants For A Future: Allium cernuum

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  Seed head of A. cernuum

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  A. cernuum from Britton and Brown 1913

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