Liliaceae Allium douglasii Hook.
Douglas' Onion
Okanagan-Colville - Food, Dried Food
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 38
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Allium douglasii Hook.
Scientific name: Allium douglasii Hook.
USDA symbol: ALDO (
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Common names: Douglas' Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Bulbs dried, pit cooked and eaten.
RECRD: 12223 id: 2179