Amaryllidaceae
Nodding onion
Allium cernuum
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 垂花葱, 垂花蔥
- Czech
- Česnek převislý
- English
- Nodding onion, Lady's leek, Nodding pink onion, Lillydale onion
- Icelandic
- Hvolflaukur
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Prærielauk
- nv
- Gáagii bitłʼohchin
- Russian
- Лук склонённый, Лук наклонённый, Лук поникающий, Лук пониклый
- Swedish
- Prärielök
Synonyms
- Allium alatum Schreb. ex Roth
- Allium allegheniense Small
- Allium cernuum f. alba J.K.Henry
- Allium cernuum f. obtusum Cockerell
- Allium cernuum subsp. neomexicanum (Rydb.) Traub & Ownbey
- Allium cernuum subsp. obtusum (Cockerell) Traub & Ownbey
- Allium cernuum var. neomexicanum (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr.
- Allium cernuum var. obtusum (Cockerell) Cockerell
- Allium cernuum var. obtusum (Cockerell) Cockerell
- Allium neomexicanum Rydb.
- Allium nutans Schult. & Schult.f.
- Allium oxyphilum Wherry
- Allium recurvatum Rydb.
- Allium tricorne Poir.
- Calliprena cernua (Roth) Salisb.
- Cepa cernua (Roth) Moench
- Gynodon cernuus (Roth) Raf.
- Gynodon elliotii Raf.
- Gynodon rupestris Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 1,779 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peyton Phelps, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Rauh, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Garrido, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tony_told_me, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Niyan Shehan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.