Plant types and subtypes: Perennials, Bulbs
Light Requirements: sun, part-sun
Water Use: medium
Soil Moisture: dry, moist
Soil Description: neutral, alkaline, rich, loam, sand, gravel/rock
Height: 1'-2'
Bloom Time: June, July, August
Bloom Color: pink, lilac
Leaf Color: green
Hardiness Zone: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Additional Tags: attracts butterflies, attracts hummingbirds, colonizing, cottage garden plant, deer resistant, edible, fragrant plant, fragrant root, naturalizing, rock garden plant
Pricing & Availability
Description
Allium cernuum
Also known as:nodding onion
,nodding wild onion
,wild onion
Native Range & Classification
Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
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
USDA Endangered Status:
- Threatened: IA, MN, NY
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 |