Liliaceae Allium canadense L.
Meadow Garlic
Potawatomi - Food, Soup
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 104
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Allium canadense L.
Scientific name: Allium canadense L.
USDA symbol: ALCAC (
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Common names: Meadow Garlic
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Soup
Notes: Very strong flavor of this plant, a valuable wild food, used in soup.
RECRD: 300 id: 2068