Liliaceae Allium macropetalum Rydb.

Largeflower Wild Onion

Navajo - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15

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Scientific name: Allium macropetalum Rydb.
USDA symbol: ALMA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Largeflower Wild Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Bulbs rubbed in hot ashes, dried and stored for winter use.

RECRD: 40974 id: 2198

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