The lower-symmetry structure was recently proposed as the intrinsic ambient-pressure phase of LaNiO based on synchrotron x-ray diffraction, whereas earlier studies investigated its properties assuming the commonly accepted structure. Here, we reexamine the crystal structure in LaNiO and the spin configuration of spin-density-wave (SDW) state via La nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR). The observation of two distinct La(2) sites in the NQR spectra is naturally accounted for by the structure without any special assumptions, whereas it cannot be reconciled within the framework. Within the framework, we reanalyze the spin configuration of the SDW phase and identify it as a large-tiny spin-stripe structure, arising naturally from two inequivalent Ni sites with large and tiny magnetic moments. These results establish the itinerant nature of the SDW order at ambient pressure in LaNiO, providing a basis for understanding its relationship to the emergence of high- superconductivity under high pressure.

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