Liliaceae Allium cepa L.
Garden Onion
Haisla and Hanaksiala - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 194
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Allium cepa L.
Scientific name: Allium cepa L.
USDA symbol: ALCEC (
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Common names: Garden Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Haisla and Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Bulbs used for food.
RECRD: 61176 id: 2084