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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Allium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Allium cernuum
FAMILY
Alliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium cernuum var. cernuum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-005:
Allium cernuum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Allium cernuum
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Onion, Nodding Wild Onion
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JK Marlow jkm0407j_08
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0407j_08b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
A crook in the peduncle just below the umbel causes it to nod, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm060805_364
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A many-flowered umbel without bulblets, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm070830_013
August SC
Clemson Forest
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Keith Bradley kab_allium_cernuum_2310
August Madison County VA
Shenandoah National Park
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JK Marlow s070830_ab
August SC
Clemson Forest
Leaves mostly basally disposed, glaucous, flat, to 16" long, 0.33" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow s070830_d
August SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow s070830_e
August SC
Clemson Forest
Pedicels 1.5-2.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.