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| − | '''''Allium cernuum''''', known as '''nodding onion''' or '''lady's leek''', is a perennial plant in the genus ''[[Allium]]''. It grows in dry [[Woodland|woods]], rock outcroppings, and [[prairie]]s. It has been reported from much of the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]] including in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] from [[Alabama]] to [[New York State]], the [[Great Lakes Region]], the [[Ohio River Valley|Ohio]] and [[Tennessee River Valley]]s, the [[Ozarks]] of [[Arkansas]] and [[Missouri]], and the [[Rocky Mountains|Rocky]] and [[Cascade Mountains]] of the [[Western United States|West]], from [[Mexico]] to [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. It has not been reported from [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Florida]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[New Jersey]], [[Delaware]], [[New England]], or much of the [[Great Plains]]. In [[Canada]], it grows from [[Ontario]] to [[British Columbia]].<ref name="flora">{{EFloras|1|242101342|Allium cernuum |family=Liliaceae |first1=Dale W. |last=McNeal Jr. |first2=T. D. |last2=Jacobsen}}</ref><ref>{{BONAP|ref|genus=Allium|species=cernuum}}</ref><ref>{{PLANTS |symbol=ALCE2 |taxon=Allium cernuum }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Brako |first1=L. |first2=A.Y. |last2=Rossman |first3=D.F. |last3=Farr |date=1995 |title=Scientific and Common Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States |pages=1–294}}</ref><ref>CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.</ref> | + | '''''Allium cernuum''''', known as '''nodding onion''' or '''lady's leek''' |
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| − | ==Description==
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| − | ''Allium cernuum'' has an unsheathed slender conical [[bulb]] which gradually tapers directly into several keeled [[grass]]-like leaves ({{cvt|2|-|4|mm|in|frac=32|disp=comma}} wide).
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| − | Each mature bulb bears a single flowering stem, which terminates in a downward nodding [[umbel]] of white or rose [[flower]]s. Flowers appear in July or August. They are bell-shaped, about {{cvt|5|mm|in|frac=32}} across, pink or white with yellow [[pollen]] and yellow [[anthers]]. This plant does not have [[bulblet]]s in the [[inflorescence]].
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| − | The flowers mature into spherical crested [[fruit]]s which later split open to reveal the dark shiny [[seed]]s.<ref name="flora" /><ref>{{Illinois Wildflowers|prairie/plantx/nod_onionx|Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Roth |first=Albrecht Wilhelm |date=1798 |journal=Archiv für die Botanik |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=40 <!-- |language=Latin ; but parts are in German --> |title=Novae Plantarum Species |trans-title=New Species of Plants |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42089215<!-- page 40 -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gleason |first1=H. A. |first2=A.J. |last2=Cronquist |date=1991 |title=Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada |edition=2 |pages=i–910 |publisher=New York Botanical Garden |location=Bronx}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Cronquist |first1=A.J. |first2=A. H. |last2=Holmgren |first3=N. H. |last3=Holmgren |first4=J. L. |last4=Reveal |date=1977 |title=Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. |volume=6 |pages=1–584 |editor1-first=A.J. |editor1-last=Cronquist |editor2-first=A. H. |editor2-last=Holmgren |editor3-first=N. H. |editor3-last=Holmgren |editor4-first=J. L. |editor4-last=Reveal |editor5-first=P. K. |editor5-last=Holmgren |encyclopedia=Intermountain Flora |publisher=Hafner Pub. Co. |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Hitchcock |first1=C. H. |first2=A.J. |last2=Cronquist |first3=F. M. |last3=Ownbey |first4=J. W. |last4=Thompson |date=1969 |contribution=Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons |volume=1 |pages=1–914 |editor-first=C. L. |editor-last=Hitchcock |title=Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Radford |first1=A. E. |first2=H. E. |last2=Ahles |first3=C. R. |last3=Bell |date=1968 |title=Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas |pages=i–lxi, 1–1183 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Moss |first=E. H. |date=1983 |title=Flora of Alberta |edition=2 |pages=i–xii, 1–687 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto}}</ref>
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| − | ==Uses==
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| − | ''Allium cernuum'' is edible and has a strong [[onion]] flavor, and has often been used in cooking. It is cultivated in many places for its attractive flowers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey |first1=L.H. |first2=E.Z. |last2=Bailey |date=1976 |title=Hortus Third |pages=i–xiv, 1–1290 |publisher=MacMillan |location=New York}}</ref>
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| − | Image:Allium cernuum seed head.jpg|Seed head
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| − | Image:Allium cernuum BB.jpg|Illustration from Britton and Brown 1913
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| − | File:Allium_cernuum_2848.JPG|Inflorescence
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==External links==
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| + | [[Category:Plants for Keenan to eat]] |
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| − | [[Category:Flora of Canada]]
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| − | [[Category:Flora of the United States]]
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| − | [[Category:Flora of Mexico]]
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| − | [[Category:Flora of Missouri]]
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