Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth

Nodding Onion

Okanagon - Food, Staple

Use documented by:
Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 238

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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: Okanagon
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Roots used as a principle food.

RECRD: 44453 id: 2153

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