Scientific Name:	Allium cernuum
Pronunciation:	AL-ee-um SER-new-um
Common Name:	nodding onion
Family Name:	Amaryllidaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Bulb unsheathed, slender, conical and gradually tapering directly into several keeled grass-like leaves (2–4 mm wide); florets bell-shaped, white or pink, about 5 mm wide, in a downward nodding umbel; fruit capsules rounded and split open to reveal the dark shiny seeds.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Vase Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Mexico, North America Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Perennial border, Rock garden, Urban agriculture, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Umbel Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Pink Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun, Jul

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown, (black, shiny seeds) Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Bulbs, no bulblets form in the inflorescence

Propagation:	Division - below ground parts, Seed
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (CGW) Community Garden West (FEA) Field lab Equipment Area Location Map

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