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Nodding onion's flower stalks are 12-18" tall, smooth, nearly vertical, and bend 180° at their tips (like a shepherd's crook); the ~2" wide flower cluster hangs below. Each of the 40-60 flowers hangs from a 1/2-1" hairless pedicel; each white, light pink, or light lavender flower has six tepals (three true petals and three similar-appearing sepals), six stamens (with yellow anthers) that extend well beyond the petals, and a single ovary with a style at least as long as the stamens. This is our only wild onion that "nods" so should be easy to identify. It's very popular with bees.

Allium

Allium cernuum

nodding onion [Blooms: Jul/Aug–?]