North Carolina Wildflowers

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Liliaceae > Allium
	Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006 Uncommon in NC, growing in mafic to calcareous soils.
	Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006 Note that the nodding flowers become erect fruits.
	Allium sp. Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006
	Allium sp. Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006
	Ramps, Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum) Watauga Co., NC 27 July 2006 Common in rich forests in the mountains in NC.

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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.