Allium macrum
S. Watson
AmaryllidaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulb
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
America, North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
An onion.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allium macrum, the rock onion, is an American species of wild onion native to the eastern and central parts of the US States of Oregon and Washington. It grows on gravelly soils at elevations up to 1400 m. It is a perennial herb. Allium macrum produces round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm long. Flowers are white to pale pink with a green stripe running the length of each tepal. Anthers and pollen are yellow.
Names & Synonyms
Naguutiva
Allium equicaeleste H. St. John
References (2)
- Couture, M. D., 1978, Recent and Contemporary Foraging Practices of the Harney Valley Paiute. Thesis, Portland State University
- Coutre, M. D., et al, 1986, Foraging Behaviour of a Contemporary Northern Great Basin Population. Journal of California and Great Bason Anthropology Vol. 8(2) pp 150-160
