Liliaceae Allium acuminatum Hook.

Tapertip Onion

Thompson - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 482

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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: Thompson
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Thick coated, spherical bulbs eaten.

RECRD: 41615 id: 2033