GENERAL:
Common Name: nodding onion
Perennial
Family: Liliaceae
Plant Height: 4-16"
Root Type: bulb
Bloom Time: mid-summer
Native Habitat: moderately dry to moist open forest in mountains and at lower elevations
GROWING INFO:
Soil: sandy loam
Light: light, partial shade is best
Water: medium dry, not parched or soaked
Germination: plant outdoors in the fall, barely covering seed
Native Range Map (Color Key):
Map Courtesy of: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2011. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].