Liliaceae Allium cepa L.

Garden Onion

Iroquois - Dye, Yellow

Use documented by:
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 104

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Scientific name: Allium cepa L.
USDA symbol: ALCEC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Garden Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Bulb peelings used as a yellow dye for wool.

RECRD: 50206 id: 2087

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