Liliaceae Allium tricoccum Ait.
Wild Leek
Menominee - Food, Winter Use Food
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 69
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Allium tricoccum Ait.
Scientific name: Allium tricoccum Ait.
USDA symbol: ALTR3 (
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Common names: Wild Leek
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Large, wild onion dried for winter use.
RECRD: 1126 id: 2295