Liliaceae Allium tricoccum Ait.

Wild Leek

Ojibwa - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 406

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Scientific name: Allium tricoccum Ait.
USDA symbol: ALTR3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Leek
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Large, bitter, wild leek gathered in spring and dried for future use.

RECRD: 65 id: 2296