Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth
Nodding Onion
Clallam - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 196
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Allium cernuum Roth
Scientific name: Allium cernuum Roth
USDA symbol: ALCEC2 (
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Common names: Nodding Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Clallam
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs eaten raw, cooked in pits or fried with meat.
RECRD: 44602 id: 2118