Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Nodding
Wild Onion
Allium cernuum
[C-value
7]
Lily family (Liliaceae)
Blooms July -
August
The lovely native Nodding Wild Onion is common in our area. It prefers full to partial sun and moderately-moist soil. Habitats include black soil prairies, open woodlands and shaded prairie remnants. This perennial consists of a tuft of basal leaves from which one or more flowering stalks emerge. The narrow leaves are erect, ascending or arching, up to 12" long and ½" across (or less), smooth, flat, and untoothed. The erect flowering stalks (up to 1½' tall) terminate in nodding umbels (1½–2" across) of 40-60 flowers. Each flower, about ¼" across, has 6 spreading lance-shaped tepals that are white, light lavender, or pink.
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Nodding Wild Onion at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve July 31, 2015
Nodding Wild Onion pre-blooming at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve July 18, 2017
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Nodding Wild Onion at Lyon Forest Preserve August 3, 2012
Nodding Wild Onion early bloom head at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve June 6, 2019
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Nodding Wild Onion at Maramech Forest Preserve July 30, 2014
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