Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth

Nodding Onion

Shuswap - Food, Forage

Use documented by:
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 54

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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: Shuswap
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Bulbs eaten by sheep and cattle.

RECRD: 2111 id: 2162