Liliaceae Allium acuminatum Hook.

Tapertip Onion

Karok - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380

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Scientific name: Allium acuminatum Hook.
USDA symbol: ALAC4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tapertip Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs relished by only old men and old women.

RECRD: 8474 id: 2024

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