Allium cernuum
Nodding onion | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. cernuum
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Binomial name | |
Allium cernuum | |
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Allium cernuum, known as nodding onion or lady's leek,[4] is a perennial plant in the genus Allium. It grows in open areas in North America.
Description
Allium cernuum is a herbaceous
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1913 illustration
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Plant in New Mexico
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Flowers in bloom
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White flowers
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Seed head
Similar species
In addition to other species of Allium, wild garlic, field garlic, and wild leek look similar,[14] as well as other onion-looking poisonous species, such as deathcamas, which lacks the expected onion odor.[14]
Distribution and habitat
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The species has been reported from much of the
Despite its wide geographical distribution, it is absent from much of its range. In the southern part of its range in North America it is limited to mountainous habitats, and in other parts of its North American range it is limited to local and disjunct population. It is absent from North Dakota and most of the Great Plains states and intermountain region of the U.S.[5] In Minnesota it is listed as a threatened species.[19]
It can be found growing in deciduous woodlands, to open grasslands.[5]
Uses
While A. cernuum is edible and has a strong onion flavor, it is not considered to have culinary value in the modern world.[20]
Cultivation
It is grown in
References
- ^ NatureServe (2023). "Allium cernuum Nodding Onion". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Allium cernuum". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ "Allium cernuum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ ISBN 0760716420.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
- ^ a b McNeal Jr., Dale W.; Jacobsen, T. D. (2002). "Allium cernuum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Hilty, John (2020). "Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)". Illinois Wildflowers. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ Gleason, H. A.; Cronquist, A.J. (1991). Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (2 ed.). Bronx: New York Botanical Garden. pp. i–910.
- ^ Cronquist, A.J.; Holmgren, A. H.; Holmgren, N. H.; Reveal, J. L. (1977). "Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.". In Cronquist, A.J.; Holmgren, A. H.; Holmgren, N. H.; Reveal, J. L.; Holmgren, P. K. (eds.). Intermountain Flora. Vol. 6. New York: Hafner Pub. Co. pp. 1–584.
- ^ Hitchcock, C. H.; Cronquist, A.J.; Ownbey, F. M.; Thompson, J. W. (1969). "Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons". In Hitchcock, C. L. (ed.). Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Vol. 1. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 1–914.
- ^ Radford, A. E.; Ahles, H. E.; Bell, C. R. (1968). Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. i–lxi, 1–1183.
- ISBN 9780802025081.
- ISBN 9780025054707.
- ^ OCLC 244766414.
- ^ "Allium cernuum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Allium cernuum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
- ^ Brako, L.; Rossman, A.Y.; Farr, D.F. (1995). Scientific and Common Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States. pp. 1–294.
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ^ "Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern. Species ID Guide" (PDF). Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
- ^ a b "Allium cernuum". Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ISBN 0-8166-1127-0.
External links
Media related to Allium cernuum at Wikimedia Commons
- "Allium cernuum". Plants for a Future.