Liliaceae Allium tricoccum Ait.
Wild Leek
Potawatomi - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 104
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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: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Large, wild onion used for food.
RECRD: 301 id: 2297