Liliaceae Allium anceps Kellogg

Twinleaf Onion

Paiute, Northern - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 44

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Scientific name: Allium anceps Kellogg
USDA symbol: ALAN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Twinleaf Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Bulbs cooked on hot rocks, squeezed into cakes and eaten.

RECRD: 8895 id: 2035