Allium cernuum
(Nodding Onion)

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Facts About this Plant:

    Common Names: Nodding Onion, Allegheny Onion, Lady's Leek, Nodding Wild Onion, Wild Onion
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 3 - 8
    Type: Forb
    Bloom Time: July - August
    Status: Native
    Range:

Allium cernuum, or Nodding Onion, is native to most of the continental United States, except it is not reported from Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Nevada, California or the Northeastern states. It is a perennial, that grows in moist to dryish meadows, prairies, open woodlands, slopes, outcrops and clearings.

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