Wll 



NODDING ONION 



Al'lium cer'nuum, syns. A. neomexica' num, A. recurva'tum 



Stamens 6, protruding 

 Threadlike stalk (style) protruding 



Flower parts (petals and sepals, or perianth seg- 

 ments) 6, petal-like, white, rose, or purplish, 

 distinct, abruptly pointed, 1-nerved 



Flower head (umbel) umbrella-shaped, nod- 

 ding 



Bracts 2, sometimes splitting up in drying, 

 whitish, thin-papery, short, dropping off early 



Individual flower stalk slender, about 1 in. long 



Flower-head stalk leafless, 'rounded, ridged, 

 about 6 to 24 in. high, usually longer than the 



Seed pod (capsule) 3-lobed, splitting into three 

 parts, 6-crested, tipped by persistent, jointed 

 stalk (style) 



Leaves all basal, flattened and somewhat 

 grasslike, narrow, about y^ in. wide 



Leaf-bases dried and persistent 



Bulb narrowly ovoid, mostly underground, 

 long-necked, sometimes more than one, clus- 

 tered on a short underground stem 



Roots fibrous 



