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§1 Plant
Allium cernuum Roth
vernacular nodding onion — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Allium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 603 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 603 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Breckinridge 21027
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Meade 21163
- Oldham 21185
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Waseca 27161
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Wheatland 30107
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Buncombe 37021
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Davidson 37057
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Orange 37135
- Rutherford 37161
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Watauga 37189
Ohio view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Miami 39109
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Pike 39131
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Union 39159
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oregon view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Clarion 42031
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Montour 42093
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Hancock 47067
- Haywood 47075
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Craig 51045
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
Washington view state ↗ 20 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 11 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALCE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2856745 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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