Allium cernuum
Allium cernuum
nodding onion
- Plant type and subtype:
- Perennials
- Bulbs
- Perennials
- Hardiness Zone:
- 3,
- 4,
- 5,
- 6,
- 7
- Light Requirements:
- part-sun,
- sun
- Height: 1'-2'
- Leaf Color:
- green
- Bloom Color:
- pink,
- lilac
- Bloom Time:
- Jun,
- Jul,
- Aug
- Water Use:
- medium
- Soil Moisture:
- dry,
- moist
- Soil Description:
- neutral,
- alkaline,
- rich,
- loam,
- sand,
- gravel / rock
- Additional Tags:
- attracts butterflies,
- colonizing,
- cottage garden plant,
- deer resistant,
- edible,
- fragrant plant,
- fragrant root,
- attracts hummingbirds,
- naturalizing,
- rock garden plant
- Description:
- Cultivation:
- Propagation:
- Additional Notes:
Map of Native Range
- Range by State: USDA data
- Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
*The map of native range is based on the latest available USDA data.
There may be gaps in the county level distribution.
Native Range:
AL, AR, AZ, CO, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY
Classification
| Kingdom: | Plantae | Plants |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants |
| Superdivision: | Spermatophyta | Seed plants |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida | Monocotyledons |
| Subclass: | Liliidae | |
| Order: | Liliales | |
| Family: | Liliaceae | Lily family |
| Genus: | Allium | onion |
| Species: | Allium cernuum | nodding onion |
| Synonyms: | nodding wild onion, wild onion |
USDA Endangered Status
| N/A |
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