Liliaceae Allium bolanderi S. Wats.
Bolander's 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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Allium bolanderi S. Wats.
Scientific name: Allium bolanderi S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ALBOB (
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Common names: Bolander's 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: 8473 id: 2045