Other common names:
Nodding Onion French names:
Ail penché Family: Lily Family (Liliaceae), (Onion Family (Alliaceae)) Flowers: Summer; White, Red/Pink; 6 parts (petals) Leaves: Simple, Entire Height:
30-60 cm (11-23 in) Habitat: Fields and Open Areas Grows in Sun/Shade:
Sun Edible:
Eminetnly edible, but this plant should never be harvested due to its rarity.
Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 334 Native/Non-native:
Native Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: cernuum: nodding Photographs:
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Nodding Wild Onion in full bloom.
Flowers.
Closeup of the individual flowers.
Flower head before the individual buds have poked out.
