Liliaceae Allium unifolium Kellogg

Oneleaf Onion

Papago - Other, Cash Crop

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 18

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Scientific name: Allium unifolium Kellogg
USDA symbol: ALUN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Oneleaf Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cash Crop
Notes: Bulbs traded for baskets, skins or pottery.

RECRD: 43473 id: 2301