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nodding onion

Allium cernuum

The nodding onion is a pretty flower that grows in clusters. Its delicate pink blooms hang down like little bells, and it has a lovely oniony smell when you touch it!

生息地: Grasslands

外見

The nodding onion has slender, grass-like leaves and stems that hold bell-shaped clusters of pink to white flowers. These flower clusters gracefully droop downwards, giving the plant its distinctive 'nodding' appearance.

PlantaeTracheophytaLiliopsidaAsparagalesAmaryllidaceaeAllium
nodding onion
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nodding onion

カテゴリ

植物

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Indigenous peoples once used the bulbs and leaves not just for food, but also as a natural medicine!

Its tiny flowers are like magnets for bees and butterflies, providing them with tasty nectar!

The plant's name comes from its flower stems, which bend sharply as if bowing!

You can tell it's an onion by its smell – even if you don't see the flowers, sniff its leaves!

特殊能力

能力

Droopy Defender

Nodding onion's downward-facing flowers may protect delicate pollen and nectar from heavy rain, helping it reproduce successfully.

能力

Smelly Shield

It produces a strong onion smell to deter hungry animals like deer, protecting its leaves and bulbs from being eaten.

能力

Bulb Builder

This plant grows a small bulb underground that stores energy, allowing it to survive harsh winters and regrow each spring.

能力

Seed Tosser

Its nodding seed pods naturally help scatter seeds around, spreading new plants across its habitat.

サイズと詳細

高さ
30-60 cm
広がり
15-30 cm
花の大きさ
0.5-1 cm
開花時期
Summer to early fall
食用
はい
毒性
なし
ライフサイクル
多年生
受粉方法
昆虫

生態系とのつながり

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Gathers nectar and pollen from its flowers.

pollinates

Common Eastern Bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

An important native pollinator for the nodding onion.

eaten by

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Deer may browse its leaves, despite the oniony taste.

pollinates

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Adult Monarchs feed on nectar from the flowers.

特徴

別名

Prairie OnionWild Onion

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Always ask an adult before touching or tasting any plants.

よくある質問

nodding onionの高さは何ですか?

30-60 cm

nodding onionの広がりは何ですか?

15-30 cm

nodding onionの花の大きさは何ですか?

0.5-1 cm

nodding onionの開花時期は何ですか?

Summer to early fall

nodding onionの食用は何ですか?

はい

nodding onionの毒性は何ですか?

なし

nodding onionのライフサイクルは何ですか?

多年生

nodding onionの受粉方法は何ですか?

昆虫

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