• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wildflowers - Nodding Onion

Nodding Onion - Allium cernuum
Nodding Onion - Allium cernuum
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Nodding onions, like all wild onions are edible. Caution must be taken in eating wild onions, because without flowers, they maybe confused with deathcamas which is poisonous.

Did You Know?

A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave.  He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...