This wild onion is similar to the nodding wild onion, except that the cluster of flower head stands erect on the stem, instead of bowing (or nodding).

It also blooms earlier in the summer than its nodding relative.

Look for wild onion along the wildflower trail in several places in early summer.

This summer, we were treated to beautiful, full and round clusters of flowers. They don't always bloom in such a picturesque fashion at Anderson Prairie.