Liliaceae Allium acuminatum Hook.
Tapertip Onion
Salish, Coast - Other, Insecticide
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
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Allium acuminatum Hook.
Scientific name: Allium acuminatum Hook.
USDA symbol: ALAC4 (
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Common names: Tapertip Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Bulbs rubbed on the skin to repel insects.
RECRD: 47478 id: 2031