Though the plants may sound as if they are assenting flowers out of Underland, these flowers are light purple with small black seeds inside them. They are considered to be nodding plants due to the fact that their flowers are so heavy, causing the stems themselves to bob up and down, as if they are nodding.

Nodding onions are not vastly widespread in Illinois, though they are native and can be found throughout the state. The plant’s leaves are solid, flat, and arranged in a downward pattern.

Each flower on the nodding onion has only three petals, along with a matching three sepals.