Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth

Nodding 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 193

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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: Haisla and Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Bulbs cooked and eaten and the tops eaten fresh with meat.

RECRD: 61175 id: 2122

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