• Common name : Nodding Onion, Lady’s Leek
• Scientific name : Allium cernuum
• Family : Amaryllidaceae
• Native land : Canada to Mexico
Nodding onion is a perennial plant. It consists of a tuft of basal leaves from which one or more flowering stalks emerge. The leaves are grass-like, wide, keeled along the mid-rib and sheathing the stem near the soil line, appearing to be basal. The central flowering stem, which rises above the leaves, is stiff and smooth. All parts of this plant have an onion-like smell when cut or bruised. Although the bulbs and the leaves of this plant were once used in cooking (stews) or eaten raw yet nodding onion is not generally considered to be of culinary value today.
