Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth

Nodding Onion

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47

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Scientific name: Allium cernuum Roth
USDA symbol: ALCEC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nodding Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Onions occasionally eaten raw.

RECRD: 40207 id: 2101

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