School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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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) |
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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 |