Liliaceae Allium unifolium Kellogg
Oneleaf Onion
Papago - Other, Cash Crop
Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 18
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Allium unifolium Kellogg
Scientific name: Allium unifolium Kellogg
USDA symbol: ALUN (
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Common names: Oneleaf Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cash Crop
Notes: Bulbs traded for baskets, skins or pottery.
RECRD: 43473 id: 2301