- Allium acuminatum
Taxobox
name = "Allium acuminatum"
image_caption =
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Alliaceae
genus = "Allium "
species = "A. acuminatum"
binomial = "Allium acuminatum"
binomial_authority = Hook."Allium acuminatum" , also known as the tapertip onion or Hooker's onion, a species in the genus "
Allium " and is native to theWestern United States and Canada. Its bulbs are small and spherical and smell like onions.Turner, Nancy J. "Food Plants of Interior First Peoples" (Victoria: UBC Press, 1997) ISBN 0-7748-0606-0 The flowers are pink to purple on a long stem which appear after the leaves have died.The onions were eaten by first peoples in southern British Columbia. They were harvested in either early spring or late fall and usually cooked in pits.
References
External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8354,8356 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALAC4 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101329 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Allium+acuminatum Photo gallery]
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