Characteristics
Allium cernuum Roth
nodding onion
Dry shaley and rocky forested slopes, bluffs, barrens and woodlands. Mostly on south or west facing upper slopes often with at most partial shade. Local and rare but populations can be quite large.
Forb/herb
Perennial
Vascular
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Native Threatened-State FACU (NWPL EMP) FACU (NWPL NCNE) S2 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Monocots
Asparagales
Allium cernuum Roth - nodding onion
Citation
Allium cernuum Roth
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Schuyler, NY: 24 July 2001 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Schuyler, NY: 24 July 2001 -
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Photo by: Steven Daniel. Photo taken: Schuyler Co., NY: 25 Aug 2009 - 4
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