Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth

Nodding Onion

Hopi - Food, Spice

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70

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Scientific name: Allium cernuum Roth
USDA symbol: ALCEC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nodding Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Used for flavoring before the introduction of the cultivated onion.

RECRD: 41411 id: 2124

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