Liliaceae Allium acuminatum Hook.

Tapertip Onion

Salish, Coast - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 74

View all documented uses for Allium acuminatum Hook.

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Strongly flavored bulbs eaten with other foods.

RECRD: 47475 id: 2030

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